Beer Beer Beer
A long time ago, way back in history
When all there was to drink was nothing but cups of tea
Along came a man by the name of Charlie Mops
And he invented a wonderful drink and he made it out of hops
(Chorus)
oh he ought to be an admiral, a sultan, or a king
And to his praises we shall always sing
Look what he has done for us, he's filled us up with cheer
lord bless Charlie Mops,
The man who invented beer
The Jury's Bar, the Clancy's Pub, the Hole in the Wall as well
One thing you can be sure of, it's Charlie's beer they sell
So come on all me lucky lads at eleven O'clock ye stop
For five short seconds, remember Charlie Mops
One, two, three, four, five
Chorus
A barrel of malt, A bushel of hops, you stir it around with a stick,
The kind of lubrication to make your engine tick.
Forty pints of wallop a day will keep away the quacks.
It's only eight pence ha'penny and one and six in tax
One, two, three, four, five
Chorus
The lord bless Charlie Mops!
----Wikipedia says:
This song is thought to have originated on Royal Navy ships.
From there, it spread to countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland,
Australia, and the United States. Various versions of the song have been
recorded since the 1950s.[citation needed] The Clancy Brothers' version of the
song is available on the album Irish Pub Songs,[1] and the Brobdingnagian Bards
recorded a version of the song for their album The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking
Songs.
There is a rendition of the song in the 2004 PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC game
The Bard's Tale (2004). It is sung by three inebriated regulars at the pub in
the first area visited.
The Missoula Montana defunct ska/oi! band The Skoidats recorded a version of the
song in 1997 on their record The Times.
Lyrics above are from the Clancy Brothers recording.