by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
They sell good Beer at Haslemere
Language: English
They sell good Beer at Haslemere And under Guildford Hill. At Little Cowfold, as I've been told, A beggar may drink his fill: There is a good brew in Amberley too, And by the bridge also; But the swipes they take in at Washington Inn Is the very best Beer I know, the very best Beer I know. With my here it goes, there it goes, All the fun's before us; The tipple's aboard and the night is young, The door's ajar and the Barrel is sprung, I am singing the best song ever was sung And it has a rousng chorus. If I were what I never could be, The master or the squire: If you gave me the hundred from here to the sea, Which is more than I desire: Then all my crops should be barley and hops, And should my harvest fail I'd sell every rood of mine acres, I would, For a bellyful of good Ale, a bellyful of good Ale. With my here etc.
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Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "West Sussex Drinking Song", appears in Verses, first published 1910 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Albert Melville Cook , "West Sussex Drinking Song", published 1957 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Cork , "A Sussex Drinking Song", published 1966 [ chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Gow (1924 - 1993), "A West Sussex Drinking Song", published 1966 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "West Sussex Drinking Song", 1913, published 1921 [ voice and piano ], revised 1921 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl J. Kittleson (b. 1920), "West Sussex Drinking Song" [ baritone, SATB chorus, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "West Sussex Drinking Song", op. 87, published 1971 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philip George Wilkinson (b. 1929), "West Sussex Drinking Song", published 1959 [ TBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Ken Edensor
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 170