Poem by John Marston

The Nut-Brown Ale

THE nut-brown ale, the nut-brown ale,
Puts down all drink when it is stale!
The toast, the nutmeg, and the ginger
Will make a sighing man a singer.
Ale gives a buffet in the head,
  But ginger under-props the brain;
When ale would strike a strong man dead
  Then nutmeg tempers it again.
The nut-brown ale, the nut-brown ale,
Puts down all drink when it is stale!

1. To Everlasting Oblivion
2. Delicious Beauty That Doth Lie
3. O Love, How Strangely Sweet
4. If Love Be Holy, If That Mystery
5. The Scourge of Villainy

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