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Thread #243   Message #608
Posted By: Colm Doyle
29-Nov-96 - 02:08 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Brown and the Yellow Ale
Subject: Lyr Add: THE BROWN AND THE YELLOW ALE
If your looking for the version that the Voice Squad and Phil Callery sing on the album Hollywood and if my memory serves me well it goes something like this...

THE BROWN AND THE YELLOW ALE

As I went down the road one fine summer's morning,
    Oh, the brown and the yellow ale,
I met with a young man without any warning.
    Oh, love of my heart.

He asked me if the woman by my side was my daughter.
    Oh, the brown and the yellow ale,
When I said, “she's my wife,” well, his manner didn't alter.
    Oh, love of my heart.

He asked me if he could lend her for an hour and a day.
    Oh, the brown and the yellow ale,
“If my wife thinks it fine, you may take her away.”
    Oh, love of my heart.

Then you take the high road and I'll be off with her,
    Oh, the brown and the yellow ale,
And I'll meet you again by the ford on the river.
    Oh, love of my heart.

I waited by the bridge for an hour and a quarter,
    Oh, the brown and the yellow ale,
And when she arrived 'twas without shame I saw her.
    Oh, love of my heart.

When she told me what she'd done, sure I laid down and died.
    Oh, the brown and the yellow ale,
She sent for timber and she never even cried.
    Oh, love of my heart.

If my own little mother had never been a woman,
    Oh, the brown and the yellow ale,
I'd tell you many's the tale about women.
    Oh, love of my heart.