Good Ale
(Copper Family)

It is 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 you'd like to bring

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Oh good ale, thou art my darling

Thou art my joy both night and morning

It is you that helps me with my work

And from a task I'll never shirk

While I can get a good home brew

And better than one pint, I like two

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I love you in the early morn

I love you in daylight, dark, or dawn

And when I'm weary, worn, or spent

I'll turn the tap and ease the vent

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It is you that makes my friends my foes

It is you that makes me wear old clothes

But since you 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 from 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 should be

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You have caused me debts that I've often swore

I never would drink strong ale no more

But you, for all that, I'll forgive

And I'll drink strong ale as long as I live

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