Talk:Charlie Mopps
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I know different words to this song. The version (which I learnt from a group called "Brewer's Dray", who were performing at the (first) national CAMRA beer festival at London's Covent Garden Flower Market in 1975) starts:
A long time ago, way back in history, When all we had to drink was cups of Rosie Lee, Along came a fellow, by the name of Charlie Mopps - And he invented a wonderful drink which he made from malt and hops.
The chorus is:
He should have been an admiral, a sultan or a king, And to his praises we will always sing. Look what he's done for us - he's filled us up with cheer; God Bless Charlie Mopps - the man who invented beer (beer, beer, beer ...)
THere were many more verses to this - and I won't attempt to quote them all here - but it just goes to show the variations which abound in folk misic and drinking songs! Note especially the possible London bias in this version: "Rosie Lee" is, of course, Cockney rhyming slang for tea.
- There are other variations, I've heard "... and he made it out of hops" and "He ought to be an admiral, a sultan or a king".--RLent 04:38, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Charlie who?
When is this drinking song from? I'm having a lot of difficulty finding anything that confirms more than marginal notability, let alone a reliable history. Could someone provide a serious, reliable source?
