{"id":1372,"date":"2013-11-26T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=1372"},"modified":"2017-06-20T13:11:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T17:11:33","slug":"merry-little-hop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=1372","title":{"rendered":"Merry Little Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A delightful song brought to us by Rick, and written by Graeme Miles.<br \/>\nSource: Danny &amp; Joyce McLeod cd, Never a Cross Word<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/hops31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1373\" src=\"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/hops31-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"from http:\/\/imperialbeverage.wordpress.com\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/hops31-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/hops31-928x1024.jpg 928w, https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/hops31-624x688.jpg 624w, https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/hops31.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>from <a href=\"http:\/\/imperialbeverage.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/05\/craft-beer-lovers-unite-to-%E2%80%9Ckeep-it-local%E2%80%9D\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/imperialbeverage.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Chorus<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<em>God bless the merry little hop<\/em><br \/>\n<em> That brings us all good cheer<\/em><br \/>\n<em> For without the merry little hop<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We would never know strong beer<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We would never know strong beer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s praise indeed for the barley malt<br \/>\nFrom which fine whiskies come<br \/>\nAnd praise indeed for the sugar in the cane<br \/>\nFrom which does come brown rum<br \/>\nAnd praise indeed for juniper<br \/>\nWith its berry black as sin<br \/>\nFor without the juniper tree<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d not know fiery gin. Hey!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s praise indeed for the golden grape<br \/>\nThat hangs upon the vine<br \/>\nFor without the golden grape<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d not know brandy wine<br \/>\nAnd praise indeed for the apples on the bow<br \/>\nThat in the autumn grow<br \/>\nFor without the apples on the bow<br \/>\nSweet cider we&#8217;d not know. Hey!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And so we raise our glasses high<br \/>\nTo admire that amber glow<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s not a brewer throughout the land<br \/>\nWho&#8217;d not have us to know<br \/>\nThat the ale he brews is honest and true<br \/>\nThe finest and the best<br \/>\nBut without the merry little hop<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">It would never pass the test<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And now we&#8217;ll put our glasses down<br \/>\nAll empty to the dreg<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll call on the landlord good and loud<br \/>\nTo tap another keg<br \/>\nAnd as we watch the liquid flow<br \/>\nAnd admire that glorious sound<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll raise our glasses one more time<br \/>\nAnd sing another round<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R2XjomP7TNw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A delightful song brought to us by Rick, and written by Graeme Miles. Source: Danny &amp; Joyce McLeod cd, Never a Cross Word from http:\/\/imperialbeverage.wordpress.com Chorus: God bless the merry little hop That brings us all good cheer For without the merry little hop We would never know strong beer We would never know strong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1372","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1372"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4595,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1372\/revisions\/4595"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}