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Flann O'Brien's A Pint of Plain
« on: June 05, 2020, 09:22:56 PM »
Flann O'Brien's poem A Pint of Plain set to a fine tune - though I'm afraid I have been unable to find out who composed it.

It makes a fine hymn to beer, and to be fair I rather like beer...

https://youtu.be/gyj0atiuubQ
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Re: Flann O'Brien's A Pint of Plain
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2020, 09:30:32 PM »
Quote from: gmatkin on June 05, 2020, 09:22:56 PM
Flann O'Brien's poem A Pint of Plain set to a fine tune - though I'm afraid I have been unable to find out who composed it.

It makes a fine hymn to beer, and to be fair I rather like beer...

https://youtu.be/gyj0atiuubQ

Thanks. It was probably the third policeman.
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Re: Flann O'Brien's A Pint of Plain
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2020, 11:30:19 PM »
Or Two thirds of a bicycle.
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Re: Flann O'Brien's A Pint of Plain
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2020, 10:09:07 AM »
"Plain" is of course Porter, which in Hiberno-English stands in much the same relation to Stout (e.g. Guinness) as Mild does to Bitter in the English lexicon.  ::)

And a fine rendition sir...Slainte Mhath duitse :|glug
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