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| "Lloyd George's Beer Song" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Published | 1915 |
| Songwriter(s) | R.P. Weston,Bert Lee |
Lloyd George's Beer Song is aWorld War I era song written and composed byR. P. Weston andBert Lee. The song is a response, or rather a good-natured complaint, against thenPrime MinisterDavid Lloyd George's actions to reduce alcohol consumption during wartime.[1]
We shall win the war, we shall win the war,
As I said before, we shall win the war.
TheKaiser's in a dreadful fury,
Now he knows we're making it at every brewery.
Have you read of it, seen what's said of it,
In theMirror and theMail?
It's a substitute, and a pubstitute,
And it's known as Government Ale (or otherwise).
Lloyd George's Beer, Lloyd George's Beer.
At the brewery, there's nothing doing,
All the water works are brewing,
Lloyd George's Beer, it isn't dear.
Oh they say it's a terrible war, oh law,
And there never was a war like this before,
But the worst thing that ever happened in this war
Is Lloyd George's Beer.
Buy a lot of it, all they've got of it.
Dip your bread in it, shove your head in it
From January to October,
And I'll bet a penny that you'll still be sober.
Get your cloth in it, make some broth in it,
With a pair of mutton chops.
Drown your dogs in it, pop your clogs in it,
And you'll see some wonderful sights (in that lovely stuff).
Lloyd George's Beer, Lloyd George's Beer.
At the brewery, there's nothing doing,
All the water works are brewing,
Lloyd George's Beer, it isn't dear.
WithHaig andJoffre when affairs look black,
And you can't get at Jerry with his gas attack.
Just get your squirters out and we'll squirt the buggers back,
With Lloyd George's Beer.