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A long time ago, way back in history, When all there was to drink was nothin but cups of tea. Along came a man by the name of Charlie Mops, And he invented a wonderful drink and he made it out of hops. He must have been an admiral a sultan or a king, And to his praises we shall always sing. Look what he has done for us he's filled us up with cheer! Lord bless Charlie Mops, the man who invented beer beer beer Tiddly beer beer beer. The Curtis bar, the James' Pub, the Hole in the Wall as well One thing you can be sure of, its Charlie's beer they sell So all ye lads a lasses at eleven O'clock ye stop For five short seconds, remember Charlie Mops 1 2 3 4 5 He must have been an admiral a sultan or a king, And to his praises we shall always sing. Look what he has done for us he's filled us up with cheer! Lord bless Charlie Mops, the man who invented beer beer beer Tiddly beer beer beer. A barrel of malt, a bushel of hops, you stir it around with a stick, The kind of lubrication to make your engine tick. 40 pints of wallop a day will keep away the quacks. Its only eight pence hapenny and one and six in tax, 1 2 3 4 5 He must have been an admiral a sultan or a king, And to his praises we shall always sing. Look what he has done for us he's filled us up with cheer! Lord bless Charlie Mops, the man who invented beer beer beer Tiddly beer beer beer. The Lord bless Charlie Mops! ‘Beer, Beer, Beer’ by The Clancy Brothers "Beer, Beer, Beer", also titled "An Ode to Charlie Mops - The Man Who Invented Beer" and "Charlie Mops", is a folk song originating in the British Isles. The song is often performed as a drinking song and is intended as a tribute to the mythical inventor of beer, Charlie Mops. It is not known where the song was created. There are numerous theories as to where in the British Isles it originated from. It is often held to have been created in Irish pubs however another theory puts it as being created in the 1800s in music halls in the British Isles. Another theory hold that it is an English folk song passed down through the years. It was originally published commercially in volume 10 of English folk magazine Sing as well as later Sing Out!, the American equivalent. It was noted that the three pubs mentioned in the song are based in London along the River Thames. In 1956, the song was taken to Australia, presumably by English sailors, and became popular there but in Melbourne, the lyrics were changed so that it was performed differently to the rest of the world. This was due to Peter Francis of the New South Wales Bush Music Club altering the words and adding a new verse to it to make it a distinctly Australian variation of the original British lyrics. As a result of this, there is sometimes an erroneous assumption in Europe that "Beer, Beer, Beer" is of Australian origin. When it was published in Sing Out!, only two verses of the song were published. In response, a New Zealand reader of Sing Out! sent the magazine a copy of the new Australian verse to be republished. In the United States, the song was performed there, titled as "Charlie Mopps" but was noted to have similar titles to other drinking songs such as "Champagne Charlie" and "Willie the Weeper" with similar themes of praising alcohol. "Beer, Beer, Beer" has been recorded a number of times by singers including the Clancy Brothers and Marc Gunn. In the Netherlands, "Beer, Beer, Beer" was released as a single in 1970 by the Cocktail Trio after the Australian version of the song had been brought to the attention of their manager. The song was also included in the 2004 video game, The Bard's Tale where it is performed by drunken patrons in the first pub in the game. Wheat beer is a top-fermented beer which is brewed with a large proportion of wheat relative to the amount of malted barley. The two main varieties are German Weißbier and Belgian witbier; other types include Lambic (made with wild yeast), Berliner Weisse (a cloudy, sour beer), and Gose (a sour, salty beer). Weißbier (German – "white beer") uses at least 50% wheat to barley malt to make a light coloured top-fermenting beer. Witbier (Dutch – "white beer") uses flavorings such as coriander and orange peel. Belgian white beers are often made with raw unmalted wheat. German Weißbier and Belgian witbier are termed "white beers" because "wheat" has the same etymological root as "white" in most West Germanic languages (including English). Other wheat beer styles, such as Berliner Weiße, Gose, and Lambic, are made with a significant proportion of wheat. Source: Wikipedia