CHORUS:
Good ale, thou art my darling,
Thou art my joy, both night and morning.
It’s of good ale to you I’ll sing,
And to good ale I’ll always cling,
I like my mug filled to the brim,
And I’ll drink all that you can bring.
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I loves you in the early morn,
Loves you in daylight dark or dawn,
When I’m tired worn or spent,
I’ll turn the tap and ease the vent.
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It’s you that helps me through my work,
And from a task I’ll never shirk,
While I can get a good home brew,
And better than one pint I likes two.
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It’s you that makes my friends my foes,
It’s you that makes me wear old clothes,
But since you’ve come so near my nose,
It’s up you comes and down you goes.
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And if all my friends from Adam’s race,
Was to meet me here all in this place,
I could part from all without one fear,
Before I’d part with my good beer.
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And if my wife should me despise,
How soon I’d give her two black eyes,
But if she loved me as I love thee,
What a happy couple we would be.
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You’ve caused me debts and I’ve often swore,
That I never would drink strong ale anymore,
But you for all that I’ll forgive,
And I’ll drink strong ale as long as I live.
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