English poem
On Brandy and Beer
by Anonymous
When one's drunk not a girl but looks pretty, The country's as gay as the city, And all that one says is so witty, A blessing on brandy and been, Bring the cup, Fill it up, Take a sup, Take a sup, And let not a flincher come near, And let not a flincher come near.
Oh give me but plenty of liquor, I'd laugh at the 'squire and the Vicar, And if I'd a wife, why I'd kick her, If e'er she pretended to sneer. Bring the cup, &c.
Though I know it's a heavy disaster, Yet I mind not the rage of my master, He bullies, and I drink the faster, A blessing on brandy and beer. Bring the cup, &c.
When a cherry cheek'd maid I've an eye on, I do many things she cries fie on; Egod, I'm as bold as a lion, A blessing on brandy and beer. Bring the cup, &c.