Notes

Title
Good brown ale and tobacco
Singer
Clark, E. Mrs.
Notes
Note 1

Williams, Alfred: Ms / WGS / FSUT: 'This is a fragment, and not a complete song; it is of a good age. The words I obtained of Mrs E Clark, Minety, Wiltshire.'

Note 2

In the Ms and FSUT the chorus is as above. In WGS it is as follows:

Chorus

Fol the rol the riddle rol,
The riddle rol the rido;
Ale, ale, good brown ale,
Good brown ale and tobacco.

Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2010.