Classic and Contemporary Poetry
"I LIKES A DROP OF GOOD BEER, I DOES", by ANONYMOUS First Line: "come, neighbours all, both great and small" Last Line: For I likes a bottle of good beer Subject(s): Beer;drinks & Drinking; Ale | ||||||||
COME, neighbours all, both great and small, Let's perform our duties here, And loudly sing, Long live the King, For bating the tax on beer: For I likes a little good beer; And loudly sing, Long live the King, For bating the tax on beer. Some people think distill-e-ry drink Is wholesome, neat and sheer, But I will contend to my life's end, There's nothing to tipple like beer: For I likes a little good beer; And I will contend to my life's end, There's nothing to tipple like beer. Brandy and gin blows out the skin, And makes one feel very queer: But whenever I puts them into my stomach I always wishes 'twas beer: For I likes a little good beer; But whenever I puts them into my stomach I always wishes 'twas beer. From drinking rum the maggots come, And bowel pains appear; But I always find both cholic and wind Are driven away by beer; For I likes a little good beer; But I always find that cholic and wind Are driven away by beer. Moll, if I chooses, reads out the news With voice both firm and clear, While I eats my tripe and smokes my pipe, And drinks my gallon of beer: For I likes a little good beer; While I eats my tripe and smokes my pipe, And drinks my gallon of beer. At the public house they used to chouse, Which caused me many a tear; But the new beer shops sell malt and hops, And that's the right stuff to make beer: For I likes a little good beer; But the new beer shops sell malt and hops, And that's the right stuff to make beer; For I likes a little good beer. Of all things thirst I count the worst, And always stand in fear; So when I goes out I carries about A little pint bottle of beer: For I likes a little good beer; So when I goes out I carries about A little pint bottle of beer; For I likes a little good beer. 'Twixt wet and dry I always try From the extremes to steer; And tho' I've shrunk from getting dead drunk, I've always been fond of my beer: For I likes a little good beer; And tho' I've shrunk from getting dead drunk I've always been fond of my beer; For I likes a little good beer. Let ministers shape the duty on Cape And ordain that Port shall be dear; But damn their eyes if ever they tries To rob a poor man of his beer; For I likes a little good beer; But damn their eyes if ever they tries To rob a poor man of his beer; For I likes a drop of good beer. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEER by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER A GLASS OF BEER by JAMES STEPHENS CIGARS AND BEER by GEORGE ARNOLD EPITAPH ON BREWER GABRIAL by ROBERT BURNS TO MR. SYME WITH A DOZEN OF PORTER by ROBERT BURNS BEER by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY A GLASS O' ALE by DANIEL CARMICHAEL TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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