When Jones' Ale
Was New

There was once three jovial fellows
With lungs as blacksmiths bellows
Came over the hills together to have a jolly good spree
And they flung themselves upon the ground
And each one swore they’d spend a pound
They’d have glasses all around
When Jones’s Ale was new me boys
When Jones’s Ale was new


And they called for more pots
and more pints and more glasses
And didn’t they all get tight as asses
And oh what fun they had with the lasses
When Jones’s Ale was new me boys
When Jones’s Ale was new


Now, the first to come in was a tinker
Good lord he was no drinker
Good lord he was no drinker
To join the jovial crew
And he said ‘any pots or kettles to settle?’
Me tongs is made of the very best metal
My lord how his hammer and tongs did rattle 
When Jones's ale was new, me boys
when Jones's ale was new


And they called for more pots
and more pints and more glasses
And didn’t they all get tight as asses
And oh what fun they had with the lasses
When Jones’s Ale was new me boys
When Jones’s Ale was new


Now, the next to come in was a mason
with his hammer and chisel to face ‘em
With his hammer and chisel to face ‘em
for to join in the jovial crew
And he flung his old hammer against the wall
He swore all the churches and chapels’d fall
And then there’s be work for Masons all
When Jones's ale was new, me boys
when Jones's ale was new


And they called for more pots
and more pints and more glasses
And didn’t they all get tight as asses
And oh what fun they had with the lasses
When Jones’s Ale was new me boys
When Jones’s Ale was new


Oh the next to come in was a barber
he swore he came from Scarborough
He swore he came from Scarborough
to join this jovial crew
He flung his old razor against the wall
And he swore that maids would shave and all
And that would give work to the barbers all
When Jones's ale was new my boys
when Jones's ale was new


And they called for more pots
and more pints and more glasses
And didn’t they all get tight as asses
And oh what fun they had with the lasses
When Jones’s Ale was new me boys
When Jones’s Ale was new