by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
West Sussex Drinking Song Matches base text
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.
Composition:
- Set to music by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "West Sussex Drinking Song", op. 87, published 1971 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "West Sussex Drinking Song", appears in Verses, first published 1910
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Researcher for this page: Ken Edensor
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 23
Word count: 170