American Old Time Song Lyrics: 55 Glorious Beer
Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 55
GLORIOUS BEER.
Copyright, 1895, by Francis, Day & Hunter.
Words by Steve Leggett. Music by Will Goodwin.
Now I won't sing of sherbet and water, for sherbet with beer will not rhyme;
The workingman can't afford champagne, it's a bit more than five cents a time;
So I'll sing you a song of a gargle, a gargle that I love so dear,
I allude to that grand institution, that beautiful tonic called beer, beer, beer!
Chorus.
Beer, beer, glorious beer! fill yourselves right up to here!
Drink a good deal of it, make a good meal of it,
Stick to your old-fashioned beer;
Don't be afraid of it, drink till you're made of it, now altogether, a cheer,
Up with the sale of it, down with a pail of it, glorious, glorious beer!
It's the daddy of all lubricators, the best thing there is for your neck,
Can be used as a gargle or lotion by persons of every sect;
Now we know who the goddess of wine was, but was there a goddess of beer?
If so, let us drink to her health, boys, and wish that we'd just got her here,
here, here!-Chorus.
So up, up with brandies und sodas, but down, down and down with the beer;
It's good for you when you are hungry, you can eat it without any fear;
So sip up the beer while you're able, of four-half let's all have our fill,
And I know you'll all join me in wishing good luck to our dear Uncle Bill,
Bill, Bill!-Chorus.