Glorious Beer

DESCRIPTION: "I won't sing of sherbet and water, For sherbet with beer will not rhyme... I look to that great institution... Beer, beer, glorious beer, Fill yourselves right up to here; Drink a great deal of it, Make a good meal of it." It beats other "lubricants"
AUTHOR: Words: Will Godwin / Music: Steve Leggett
EARLIEST DATE: 1899 (recorded by Dan W. Quinn); reportedly written 1896
KEYWORDS: drink humorous nonballad
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Fahey-Joe-Watson-AustralianTraditionalFolkSinger, [p. 22, page headed "this item was obviously...."], "(no title)" (1 fragment)
Roud #V4214
RECORDINGS:
Dan W. Quinn, "Glorious Beer" (CYL: Columbia 5063, 1899)
File: FaWGloBe

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