Lyr Add: Peculiar Ale (Kipper Family)

Subject: Lyr Add: Peculiar Ale
From: Mr Happy
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 04:27 AM

PECULIAR ALE
(The Kipper Family)

The first to come in was the sexton,
Who said, "I'm as good as the next man."
He said, "I'm as good as the next man,"
And he's one of our miserable crew.
Normally we would have bickered,
But all we did was sit and snickered,
For we knew that the next man was the vicar,
When Peculiar Ale was new, me boys,
When Peculiar Ale was new.

Now the next to come in was the mason,
All dressed in his funny old apron.
He was dressed in his funny old apron,
And he had a peculiar tattoo.
His trouser was rolled up to the knee.
His breast was bare. "Oh, woe!" said he.
"You try cutting stone dressed up like me."
When Peculiar Ale was new, me boys,
When Peculiar Ale was new.

The next to come in was the ostler,
A born again Pentecostler,
A born again Pentecostler,
Who was short of a marble or two.
A pint of whisky down he flung.
"I'm filled with spirit now," he sung,
And then he started to speak in tongues,
When Peculiar Ale was new, me boys,
When Peculiar Ale was new.

And the next to come in was the knacker,
And no man could be slacker,
And no man could be slacker.
There was nothing he wouldn't not do.
He flung his old hat upon the shelf.
He said, "You must keep all your beasts in good health,
For I've no intention of knack'ring myself,"
When Peculiar Ale was new, me boys,
When Peculiar Ale was new.

And the last to come in was the nightsoilman,
Who smelled as much as any man can.
He smelled as much as any man can,
And his personal charms were few.
He stood his old can against the wall.
"Rhubarb and prunes all round!" he called.
"And then there'll be work for nightsoilmen all."
When Peculiar Ale was new, me boys,
When Peculiar Ale was new.

And then they ordered their bottles of beer
And pints of sherry
To carry them off to the cemetery
And that is where they all were buried
When Peculiar Ale was new, me boys,
When Peculiar Ale was new.

regards,

mr h

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Peculiar Ale
From: songs2play
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 06:06 AM

Theakston's Old Peculiar - What a pint.


I can remember, when I were a lad, having me first pint of OP in Mexbourough. After the fourth pint all was a blurr, all I remember was waking up in a field.

Is it still being brewed, and is the USA aware of it ?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Peculiar Ale
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 06:16 AM

Mr Happy: was that a cut'n'paste job, or was it spell-checked.
"When Peculiar Ale was new, me boys,
When Peculiar Ale was new."
If this is a reference to Theakstons, then the spelling is "Old Peculier

Nigel

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Peculiar Ale
From: Mr Happy
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 06:54 AM

nig, its a kippers song. u know how their stuff is full of ambiguity. its typed out by me from listening to a tape a friend sent me.

maybe sid & chris would have had libel/copyright probs. if they'd used the ctual brandname- comments?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Peculiar Ale
From: MMario
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 08:06 AM

Tune? (tho' I suspect I know what it is...)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Peculiar Ale
From: JJ
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 08:26 AM

When in New York, visit the Peculier Pub at 145 Bleecker Street in the Village. Named after OP, it has four or five hundred beers on the menu, some from countries unknown to the UN.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Peculiar Ale
From: Snuffy
Date: 04 Oct 02 - 08:49 AM

Mario, the Kipper's tunes are usually slightly different to the normal one, and if I remember correctly this is a case in point. I lent the tape a couple of years ago and have never got it back, so I can't check.

WassaiL! V

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Peculiar Ale (Kipper Family)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 11 Nov 24 - 03:58 PM

Refresh. Just because we need it these days.

Gayle Wade sang it brilliantly at the Mudcat Singaround today.