Jones' Ale



There were three jovial fellows

Came over the hill together.

Came over the hill together

To make up a jovial crew.



And they ordered their pints of beer

And bottles of sherry

To help them over the hills so merry,

To help them over the hills so merry,

When Jones's Ale was new, me boys,

When Jones's Ale was new.

And the first of them was a tinker,

And he wasn't no small ale drinker.

He was a jolly beer drinker

Among this jovial crew.

And he called for a pint of the very best ale

To drink a whole gallon he never would fail.

To drink a whole gallon he never would fail,



When Jones' Ale was new, me boys

When Jones' Ale was new.



And they ordered their pints of beer

And bottles of sherry,

To help them over the hills so merry,

To help them over the hills so merry,

When Jones' Ale was new, me boys

When Jones' Ale was new.

(Alternate Chorus:)

When the landlord's daughter, she came in,

And we kissed those rosy cheeks again.

We all sat down and then we'd sing.

When Jones's ale was new, me boys,

When Jones's ale was new.





And the next to come in was a soldier

With his flintlock upon his shoulder,

For none could be more bolder,

And his long broadsword he drew.

He swore every man should spend a pound,

And they should treat all hands around.

Then he jolly well drank their healths all 'round

And the next to come in was a dyer

Who sat himself down by the fire,

'Cause that was his desire

To make up a jovial crew.

And the landlady told him straight to his face

The chimney corner was his own place,

And there he could sit and dye his own face,



And the next to come in was a mason.

His hammer needed refacin'.

His hammer needed refacin'

To make up a jovial crew.

So he threw his old hammer against the wall,

And he hoped that the church and the chapel would fall,

For that'd make work for masons all

And the last to come in was a hatter,

And there was no man ever fatter.

No man could ever be fatter

And make up a jovial crew.

When the landlady's daughter, she came in

He kissed her twixt the nose and chin,

And the pints of beer they came rolling in



See also JONESAL2

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