I listened to this on Spotify, and transcribed it as best I can, but I left a couple of gaps:


WON'T YER BUY SOME BEER?
Words and music by Harry Rogers, James Palmer and Nat Travers, 1917.
As recorded by Nat Travers on "Cockney Kings of Music Hall"

1. To say this song's not silly talk would be to tell a lie.
It's all about a pal of mine whose throat is always dry.
He mops up all the unclaimed beer as he stands in the bar,
And he's not at all particular if he spots some near(?) and far.
It ought to be a lesson straight to ev'rybody here.
He's conned out something shocking 'cause 'e's always on your ear,

CHORUS: With his "Will yer, won't yer, won't yer, will yer, won't yer buy some beer?
Only just a 'alf a pint;* I've got a pint just here."
And ev'rybody that he meets, he whispers down their ear:
"Will yer, won't yer, won't yer, will yer, won't yer buy some beer?"

2. One day when Bill was stony broke, the clergyman he met,
Who said, "Man, why not mend your ways? The beer try to forget.
Come round tonight and take the pledge. ... said, "... that's me."
And to make a change for the good, quite anxious seemed to be.
His face grew sad and solemn as a tear fell on his sleeve.
He took the parson by the coat, and as he went to leave,

CHORUS: He said: "Will yer,—" [etc.]

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* On second chorus, substitute: "gallon and 'alf."

Note: the title on the recording is WON'T YER BUY SOME BEER? but the title on the sheet music, according to the British Library, is WON'T YOU BUY SOME BEER?