Several versions of traditional verses are in the Degital Archives. The first verse and chorus generally run:

WHEN JONES'S ALE WAS NEW

Now there were three jovial fellows,
Came over the hills together,
Came over the hills together
For to join in the jovial crew,
And they called for their:
Pints of beer and bottle of sherry,
To help them over the hills so merry,
To help them over the hills so merry,
When Jones's Ale was new, me boys,
When Jones's Ale was New!

NEW VERSES?
The next to come in was a mortician,
And he was in sorry condition,
Yes, he was in sorry condition
For to join in the jovial crew,
And he flung out his arms and he cried,
"If no one in town soon died,
I'll have to consider suicide!"...
The next to come in was a sailor,
And he was no dinghy bailer,
Yes, he was no dinghy bailer
For to join in the jovial crew,
For he'd sailed tall ships 'round Cape Horn,
With fingers frozen and canvas torn,
Where you'd wish to God you'd n'er been born...
By CI