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God save thee, fair barley, so good ale may flow
We raise up our tankards and down it will go
We drink through the day, we drink through the night
We drink the fair ale 'til we loseth our sight

My wife, she did brew a hogshead last night
I peek in the kettle to make sure it's right
I count every hour, though scorneth my wife
I drink the fair ale every day of my life

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My brother did brew a bold bitter batch
With a roasted brown barley - no beer was its match
Two weeks to ferment, two more in the kegs
But in just one night it was drained to the dregs

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Last night I did drink a batch of the worst
It tasted much better long after the first
Next morning I woke with a terrible sore
So I reached for my tankard and I tossed back some more

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My father did drink three pints every night
That's he and my mother got into a fight
"Ye drink too much ale!", my mother she cried
But my father did drink till the day that he died

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God save thee, fair barley, so good ale may flow
We raise up our tankards and down it will go
We drink through the night, we drink through the day
We drink the fair ale 'til we loseth our way