GB/6b/18 Little Brown Jug

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X:18
T:GB/6b/18 Little Brown Jug
C:Sung by Mr. Smith, at Stoke Lacy, Hereford, September 1907 
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/GB/6b/18
P:Noted by Francis Jekyll and George Butterworth
C:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
L:1/4
Q:1/4=120
M:4/4
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K:Eaeo
"^Dorian" (B3/2 A/) | G E E (B,/C/) | D D D D/ D/ | E E/ E/ G/ G/ A |$ B A A2 | B B d B |
w: Me *|and my wife we *|lives a- lone In a|neat lit- tle cot- tage we|calls our own,|She likes gin and|
A A A (G/A/) |$ B B (B/A/) G | A A B B/ A/ | G E E2 |$ D D D3/2 D/ | G/ A/ B/ c/ d B/ A/ |
w: I likes rum, And *|that's where we * has|lots of fun, Sing- ing|old brown ale,|old brown beer, The|bon- ny lit- tle brown jug that|
G E E2 |]
w: I loves dear.|
W:
W:1. Me and my wife we live alone
W: In a neat little cottage we calls our own
W: She likes gin and I likes rum
W: And that's where we has lots of fun.
W: Singing old brown ale, old brown beer,
W: The bonny little brown jug that I loves dear.
W:
W: 2. If I had a cow that would give such milk
W: I would dress her up in the finest silk
W: I would feed her up on the best of hay
W: I would milk her nine times every day. Singing...etc.
W:
W:3. Then it's if my brown jug was in gaol
W: I'd pawn my shirt and bring it out on bail;
W: And if my wife would me despise
W: I'd up with my fists and give her two black eyes. Singing...etc. W:
W: 4. Then in comes the landlord, so noble and fat
W: He puts on his three-cocked hat
W: He fills your beer till the cellar runs dry
W: And he wouldn't care a damn if you live or die. Singing...etc. W:
W: 5. The brewer brews it into a pan
W: The landlord spills it into a can

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