Good ale comes and good ale goes,Good ale gart me sell my hose,Sell my hose and pawn my shoon,Good ale keeps my heart aboon.
I had four owsen in a plough,And they drew a’ teugh enough,I drank them a’ ane by ane,Good ale keeps my heart aboon.Good ale comes and good ale goes. &c.
Good ale keeps me bare and bizy,And gar’s me work when I am dizy,And spend my wage when a’ is done,For good ale keeps my heart aboon.Good ale comes and good ale goes. &c.
I had forty shillings in a clout,Good ale gart me pick them out,Pick them out a’ ane by ane,Good ale keeps my heart aboon.Good ale comes and good ale goes, &c.
I took the muckle pot on my back,And to the ale-house I did pack,I spent it a’ in an afternoon,For good ale keeps my heart aboon.Good ale comes and good ale goes. &cː
I wish they were a’ hang'd on a gallows,That winna keep good ale for good fallows,And keep a soup till the afternoon,For good ale keeps my heart aboon,Good ale comes and good ale goes,
