Classic Poem

Here's a health to the barley-mow, my brave boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
We'll drink it out of the jolly brown bowl,
Here's a health to the barley mow!
Chorus . Here's a health to the barley-mow, my brave boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!

We'll drink it out of the nipperkin, boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The nipperkin and the jolly brown bowl,
Chorus . Here's a health, etc.

We'll drink it out of the quarter-pint, boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The quarter-pint, nipperkin and the jolly brown bowl,
Chorus . Here's a health, etc.

We'll drink it out of the half a pint, boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The half a pint, quarter-pint, etc.
Chorus . Here's a health, etc.

We'll drink it out of the pint, my brave boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The pint, the half a pint, etc.
Chorus . Here's a health, etc.

We'll drink it out of the quart, my brave boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The quart, the pint, etc.
Chorus . Here's a health, etc.

We'll drink it out of the pottle, my boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The pottle, the quart, etc.
Chorus . Here's a health, etc.

We'll drink it out of the gallon, my boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The gallon, the pottle, etc.
Chorus . Here's a health, etc.

We'll drink it out of the half-anker, boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The half-anker, gallon, etc.
Chorus . Here's a health, etc.

We'll drink it out of the anker, my boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The anker, the half-anker, etc.
Chorus . Here's a health, etc.

We'll drink it out of the half-hogshead, boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The half-hogshead, anker, etc.
Chorus . Here's a health, etc.

We'll drink it out of the hogshead, my boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The hogshead, the half-hogshead, etc.
Chorus . Here's a health, etc.

We'll drink it out of the pipe, my brave boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The pipe, the hogshead, etc.
Chorus . Here's a health, etc.

We'll drink it out of the well, my brave boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The well, the pipe, etc.

Chorus . Here's a health, etc.

We'll drink it out of the river, my boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The river, the well, etc.

Chorus . Here's a health, etc.

We'll drink it out of the ocean, my boys,
Here's a health to the barley-mow!
The ocean, the river, the well, the pipe, the hogshead,
the half-hogshead, the anker, the half-anker, the
gallon, the half-gallon, the pottle, the quart, the
pint, the half a pint, the quarter-pint, the nipperkin,
and the jolly brown bowl.

Chorus . Here's a health to the barley-mow, my brave boys!
Here's a health to the barley-mow!