Not specifically about cider but there are the occasional references Twice Daily Now when Oi were a lad, Oi were so glad To go out in the hay-time With me fork an' a bottle an' a cork In the good old zummer day time And then one day amongst the hay I met young Lucy Bailey I said, "My dear, d'you oft come here?" And she said, "Yes, sir, twice daily." We had such fun in the summer sun. Lucy were so thrillin'. Sweet and pure, but Oi weren't sure That young maid were willin' Till one day among the hay We was workin' gaily, She ups an' zlips, an' zummat rips An' Oi went there twice daily. She said, "Oh! dear, Oi do feel queer. Think Oi ought to tell 'ee. 'Taint new bread," she sadly said, "The swellin' of me belly. Oughter go To Doctor Joe." Off she went so gaily. He gave 'er a dollop of gurt thick jollop. And said, "Take this twice daily." Now Lucy's dad were very mad, Chased Oi round the hay mow, 'E said, "My son, You've 'ad your fun. The time has come to pay now. My girl you'll wed," the old man said As he waved his shotgun gaily. "If you don't," he said, "Oi'll put some lead Where you won't go twice daily." Well, the very next day, in the month of May, We held the ceremony, Paid off the vicar with a gallon of liquor, Rode to church on a pony And the village folks for miles around Waved and shouted gaily, But there's no doubt, you'll get found out If you go there twice daily. Now, to Lucy's joy, she had a boy. What a little darlin', Round and fat as a Cheshire cat, Perky as a starlin'. Skin were smooth as a cider jar And they called him Buster Bailey, Fed un on swedes an' charlock weeds An' a pint of scrump twice daily. Now we'm old, our story's told, Been forty years together An' we often stray where we tossed the hay In that old-time summer weather. Kids, we got, full ten or more. We goes on quite gaily. Though Oi'm old an' grey, When Oi gets me way Oi still goes there twice daily.
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