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00:00and perished in distress. This caused his master for to grieve, likewise his mistress too.
00:08And so, to drown their sorrows, they sampled up the brew.
00:13Gadzooks cried, Farmer, add water, the likes I ne'er did sup.
00:18Come, summon all the neighbours in, and bid them drink a cup.
00:23Well, every man that drank that night got as drunk as drunk could be,
00:28and they wondered how that scrump he had acquired such potency.
00:33But the Farmer kept his counsel as he poured another cup,
00:37when all at once that poor old dog came a-floating to the top.
00:44Well, a silence fell around the room, and every man did frown,
00:50for they recognised old Bendy go, but he was upside down.
00:56The parson lost his colour and collapsed upon the floor,
01:00and the squire lost his trousers in the rush to reach the door.
01:06Now, now, cried Farmer, add water, for in his life I vow,
01:11he never bit not man or beast, and he won't bite no one now.
01:16And this shall be his epitaph, here lies old faithful Ben,
01:21who perished in a cider vat, and quickly rose again.
01:26So if you're ever down in Somerset, and you waltz into a bar,
01:31just ask the dead dog, scrumpy tis, the better is by far.
01:36Except no imitation, you'll sleep just like the dog,
01:40you can usually recognise it by the hair of the dog.