Sorry Dave, no info on your song. But a comment on Brown Ale, which seems to be on the way out as a popular drink. (I'm not talking about Newcastle Brown, which is a different drink from that I'm talking about.) Presumably the increasing popularity of lighter beers, particularly the pasteurised piss misleadingly sold as Lager, has something to do with it? When I was a boy, Brown Ale was commonly used as a mixer with mild or bitter.

Anyone remember Peter Cook & Dudley Moore advertising Watney's Brown? I asked Watneys to pay me a million pounds to say "Watneys Pale: cool clear ale; Watneys Brown: drink it down." And they threw me out. Inimitable.