{"id":500,"date":"2013-07-14T10:42:55","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T14:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=500"},"modified":"2018-03-01T21:55:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T01:55:34","slug":"the-man-who-waters-the-workers-beer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=500","title":{"rendered":"The Man Who Waters The Workers&#8217; Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Dr. R.E.W. Fisher in 1938.\u00a0 I learned this from a recording of John Roberts and Tony Barrand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\n<b><i>I am the man, the very fat man<br \/>\nThat waters the workers&#8217; beer<br \/>\nI am the man, the very fat man<br \/>\nThat waters the workers&#8217; beer<br \/>\nAnd what do I care if it makes them ill<br \/>\nIf it makes them terribly queer<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve a car, a yacht, and an aeroplane,<br \/>\nAnd I waters the workers&#8217; beer.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Now when I waters the workers&#8217; beer<br \/>\nI puts in strychnine<br \/>\nSome methylated spirits<br \/>\nAnd a can of kerosene<br \/>\nAh, but such a brew so terribly strong<br \/>\nIt would make them terribly queer<br \/>\nSo I reaches my hand for the watering-can<br \/>\nAnd I waters the workers&#8217; beer:<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<\/p>\n<p>Now a drop of good beer is good for a man<br \/>\nWhen he&#8217;s tired, thirsty and hot<br \/>\nAnd I sometimes have a drop myself<br \/>\nFrom a very special pot<br \/>\nFor a strong and healthy working class<br \/>\nIs the thing that I most fear<br \/>\nSo I reaches my hand for the watering-can<br \/>\nAnd I waters the workers&#8217; beer:<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<\/p>\n<p>Now ladies fair, beyond compare<br \/>\nBe you maiden or wife<br \/>\nSpare a thought for such a man<br \/>\nWho leads such a lonely life<br \/>\nFor the water rates are frightfully high,<br \/>\nAnd the meths is terribly dear<br \/>\nAnd there ain&#8217;t the profit there used to be<br \/>\nIn watering the workers&#8217; beer:<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Dr. R.E.W. Fisher in 1938.\u00a0 I learned this from a recording of John Roberts and Tony Barrand. Jos. Morneault &nbsp; Chorus: I am the man, the very fat man That waters the workers&#8217; beer I am the man, the very fat man That waters the workers&#8217; beer And what do I care if [&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-500","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500","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=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4890,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500\/revisions\/4890"}],"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=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}