Drinking Songs

When Jones' Ale Was New

There were three jovial fellows came over the hill together

Came over the hill together for to join the jovial crew

Chorus:

And they ordered their pints of beer

And bottles of sherry

To help them over the hill so merry,

To help them over the hill so merry,

When Jones's Ale was new, me boys,

When Jones's Ale was new.

And the first to come in was a lumpman

With muscles all over his front, man

With muscles all over his front, man

For to join the jovial crew

And he threw his old rake out over the pan

And flexed his muscles like Desperate Dan

And said "Don't you fancy a bit of this man?!"

When Jones's Ale was new, me boys,

When Jones's Ale was new.

And the next to come in was a waller

And he was very much smaller

And he was very much smaller

For to join the jovial crew

And he boasts how he works way up so high

He says, "No one goes up as far as I

But my how this work makes me awful dry"

When Jones's Ale was new, me boys,

When Jones's Ale was new.

And the last to come in was a stitcher

She's as pretty as a picture

As pretty as a picture

For to join the jovial crew

And she showed how her needle goes out and in

And careful not to prick your skin

Now let those bottles come rolling in

When Jones's Ale was new, me boys,

When Jones's Ale was new.

Come. Landlord. Fill The Flowing Bowl

Come, landlord, fill the flowing bowl until it doth run over

Come, landlord, fill the flowing bowl until it doth run over

For tonight we'll merry, merry be

For tonight we'll merry, merry be

For tonight we'll merry, merry be

Tomorrow we'll be sober

Here's to the man that drinks no ale and goes to bed quite sober

He fades as the leaves do fade -and drops off in October

Here's to the man that drinks strong ale and goes to bed quite

He lives as he ought to live -and dies a jolly good fellow

Here's to the girl that takes a kiss and runs to tell her mother

She's a very foolish thing -she'll never get another

Here's to the girl that takes a kiss and then asks for another

She's a boon to all mankind -and soon she'll be a mother

(First verse is used as a chorus, other verses are sung to the same pattern.)

Thousands Or More

Now time passes over more cheerful and gay

Since we've learned a new act to drive sorrows away

Now time passes over more cheerful and gay

Since we've learned a new act to drive sorrows away

Sorrows away, sorrows awa-a-ay, sorrows awa-a-ay

Since we've learned a new act to drive sorrows away

Bright Phoebus she rises so high in the sky

With her red rosy cheeks and her sparkling eye

If you ask for my credit, you'll find I have none

With my bottle and friends, you will find me at home

Although I'm not rich and although I'm not poor

I'm as happy as them that's got thousands or more

(Each verse contains repeated lines as the first)