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Pub with No Beer
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Pub with No Beer was released on January 1, 1975 by Arran Records as a part of the album Two Loves
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1975
LabelArran Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM152

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
John Greer
John Greer
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gordon Parsons
Gordon Parsons
Songwriter

Lyrics

It's lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night where the wild angels call
But there's nothing so lonesome, morbid, and drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer
Now the publican's anxious for the quota to come
And there's a faraway look on the face of the bum
The maid's got all cranky and the cook's acting queer
What a terrible place is a pub with no beer
Then the stockman rides up with his dry dusty throat
He breasts up to the bar and pulls a wad from his coat
But the smile on his face quickly turns to a sneer
As the barman says sadly, "The pub's got no beer"
Then the swaggy comes in smothered in dust and flies
He throws down his rope and rubs the sweat from his eyes
But when he is told, he says, "What's this I hear?
I trudged fifty flaming miles to a pub with no beer"
There's a dog on the veranda, for his master he waits
But the boss is inside drinking wine with his mates
He hurries for cover and he cringes in fear
It's no place for a dog 'round a pub with no beer
Old Billy the blacksmith, the first time in his life
Has gone home cold sober to his darling wife
He walks in the kitchen, she says, "You're early, Bill, dear"
But then he breaks down, and he tells her the pub's got no beer
Written by: Gordon Parsons
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