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T:GB/6b/18 Little Brown Jug
C:Sung by Mr. Smith, at Stoke Lacy, Hereford, September 1907
C:Collected by FW Jekyll and GSK Butterworth
F:http://archives.vwml.org/record/GB/6b/18
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
L:1/4
M:4/4
Q:"Editorial suggestion" 1/4=120
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w: Me_ and my wife we_ lives a-lone In a neat lit-tle cot-tage we calls our own,
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w: She likes gin and I likes rum, And_ that's where we_ has|lots of fun, Sing- ing|old brown ale,|
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w: old brown beer, The bon-ny lit-tle brown jug that 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. 
W: 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. 
W: 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. 
W: Singing...etc.
W:
W: 5. The brewer brews it into a pan
W: The landlord spills it into a can
W: He fills your beer till the cellar runs dry
W: And he wouldn't care a damn if you live or die. 
W: Singing...etc.
W:
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%%text Frank Kidson note in the MS: Is this a Folk-Song? -JFK 
%%text Lucy Broadwood's comment in response: No! -LEB
%%text Kidson then adds the following note: 
%%text Little Brown Jug: This is not a folk song. It is an American production which came to England
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%%text about 1880. A copy will be found in the 'The Scottish Student's Song Book' and other places.
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%%text It is said to be by R. A. Eastburn. -Frank Kidson