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Thread #69424 Message #1177175
Posted By: Mark Dowding
03-May-04 - 05:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Friezland Ale
Subject: Lyr Add: FRIEZLAND ALE (from Roy Palmer)
This is the version that Roy Palmer has in his book "A Taste of Ale" which has your verse in it Nutty:
Whene'er I drink of Friezland ale drawn from an old brown bottle I feel as if a summer morn were running down my throttle A pint of sunshine at a draught, all sparkle, grip and mettle There never is a cloudy day when Friezland ale's in fettle
As white as milk when newly drawn and never milk is richer With creamy puffs in bunches blown like roses in a pitcher But never roses half so sweet so dewy, cool and sappy A mellow can of Friezland ale would make a gatepost happy
You're ten years younger with a pint and if you've two you're twenty They ne'er grow old on that hillside because they swallow plenty For Friezland folk they live at home they're decent folk and warty With ruddy cheeks and double chins and always hale and hearty
A woman's eyes are witching things and sweet they say her kisses But let my lips meet Friezland ale - the fountain of all blisses Give me a book, an old clay pipe a pint for quiet drinking There is no king upon the earth so happy to my thinking
Now brewery ale is noise and boast and foolish talk and fratchin' But Friezland ale is mirth and wit and music that is catchin' With homely sermons quaint and wise and racy old-world teaching I'd go to chapel thrice a day if Friezland ale were preaching
Now he who drinks that mellow ale grows riper than the cherry He walks on daisies all his life, his heart is always merry And in his hand you find a grip that tells you he's your brother For Friezland ale does parson's work and makes us love each other