Victoria Nautical Song Circle's
February 2005 Song Of The Month


GARNET'S HOME-MADE BEER

(Drinking Song)
Words: Ian Robb           Tune: Barrett's Privateers, by Stan Rogers.

Oh, the year was nineteen seventy-eight
How I wish I'd never tried it now!
When a score of men was turned quite green
By the scummiest ale you've ever seen.
 
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God damn them all! I was told
This beer was worth its weight in gold
We'd feel no pain, shed no tears
But it's a foolish man who shows no fear
At a glass of Garnet's home-made beer.
 
Oh, Garnet Rogers cried the town
How I wish I'd never tried it now!
For twenty brave men, all masochists who
Would taste for him his home-made brew.
 
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This motley crew was a sickening sight
How I wish I'd never tried it now!
There was caveman Dave with his eyes in bags,
He'd a hard boiled liver and the staggers and jags.
 
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We hadn't been there but an hour or two
How I wish I'd never tried it now!
When a voice said, "Gimme some home-made brew!"
And Steeleye Stan hove into view.
 
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Now Steeleye Stan was a frightening man
How I wish I'd never tried it now!
He was eight foot tall and four foot wide
Said,"Pass that jug or I'll tan your hide!"
 
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Stan took one sip and pitched on his side
How I wish I'd never tried it now!
Old Garnet was smashed with a gutful of dregs
And his breath set fire to both my legs.
 
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So here I lie with my twenty-third beer
How I wish I'd never tried it now!
It's been ten years since I felt this way
On the night before my wedding day.
 
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