Lloyd George’s Beer

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Lyrics RP Weston Music Bert Lee Roud V53407

Music Hall performers Ernie Mayne
Folk performances John Kirkpatrick 

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 in every brewery
'Ave 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

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 the war
Is Lloyd George's Beer.

Buy a lot of it. All they've got of it
Dip your bread in it. Shove yer head in it.
From January till October
And I bet a penny that you'll still be sober
Get the froth off it. Make your broth with it
With a pair of mutton chops
Drown your dogs in it. Drops some frogs in it
Then you'll see some wonderful hops in that lovely stuff.

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 looked black
If you can't shift the beggars with your gas attack
Get your squirters out and we'll squirt the devils out
With Lloyd George's Beer.
 

A rare protest song from World War One! Revived by John Kirkpatrick and others, regularly heard in singaround’s round my way…

There is more about Weston and Lee here, and about the little I know about Ernie Mayne is here.

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