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Thread #3282 Message #823073
Posted By: GUEST,L
10-Nov-02 - 11:37 PM
Thread Name: Veteran's Day (songs for)
Subject: Lyr Add: LLOYD GEORGE'S BEER (Weston & Lee)
A humorous WW1 song from Britain, called "Lloyd George's Beer" by R P Weston and Bert Lee, 1915. In response to government attempts to limit alcohol consumption during the war.
LLOYD GEORGE'S BEER
As recorded by Ernie Mayne, 1917.
1. We shall win the war; we shall win the war.
As I said before, we shall win the war.
The Kaiser's in a dreadful fury,
Now he knows we're making it at every brewery.
Have you read of it, seen what's said of it,
In the Mirror and the Mail?
It's a substitute, and a pubstitute,
And it's known as Government Ale (or otherwise).
CHORUS: Lloyd George's Beer, Lloyd George's Beer.
At the brewery, there's nothing doing,
All the water works are brewing,
Lloyd George's Beer, it isn't dear.
Oh they say it's a terrible war, oh Lor!,
And there never was a war like this before,
But the worst thing that ever happened in this war
Is Lloyd George's Beer.
2. Buy a lot of it, all they've got of it.
Dip your bread in it, Shove your head in it
From January to October,
And I'll bet a penny that you"ll still be sober.
Get the froth of it, make some broth with it,
With a pair of mutton chops.
Drown your dogs in it, drop some frogs in it,
Then you'll see some wonderful hops (in that lovely stuff).
CHORUS: Lloyd George's Beer, Lloyd George's Beer.
At the brewery, there's nothing doing,
All the water works are brewing,
Lloyd George's Beer, it isn't dear.
Said Haig to Joffre when affairs look black:
"If you can't shift the beggars with your gas attack,
Just get your squirters out and we'll squirt the devils back,
With Lloyd George's Beer."