Produced by Jana Srna, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [ Transcriber's Notes: Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation; no changes have been made to the original text. Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. Bold italic text has been marked with =equals signs=. ] WINE, WATER, AND SONG BY THE SAME AUTHOR CHARLES DICKENS THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE THE FLYING INN ALL THINGS CONSIDERED TREMENDOUS TRIFLES ALARMS AND DISCURSIONS A MISCELLANY OF MEN WINE, WATER AND SONG BY G. K. CHESTERTON THIRD EDITION METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON First Published August 6th 1915 Second Edition August 10th 1915 Third Edition August 23rd 1915 NOTE The Songs in this book are taken from "THE FLYING INN," with the exception of "The Good Rich Man" and "The Song of the Strange Ascetic," which are here included by kind permission of the editor of =The New Witness=, where they originally appeared. CONTENTS Page The Englishman 9 Wine and Water 11 The Song against Grocers 15 The Rolling English Road 20 The Song of Quoodle 24 Pioneers, O Pioneers 27 The Logical Vegetarian 31 "The Saracen's Head" 34 The Good Rich Man 37 The Song against Songs 42 Me Heart 45 The Song of the Oak 49 The Road to Roundabout 53 The Song of the Strange Ascetic 57 The Song of Right and Wrong 60 Who Goes Home? 63 WINE, WATER, AND SONG The Englishman St. George he was for England, And before he killed the dragon He drank a pint of English ale Out of an English flagon. For though he fast right readily In hair-shirt or in mail, It isn't safe to give him cakes Unless you give him ale. St. George he was for England, And right gallantly set free The lady left for dragon's meat And tied up to a tree; But since he stood for England And knew what England means, Unless you give him bacon You mustn't give him beans. St. George he is for England, And shall wear the shield he wore When we go out in armour With the battle-cross before. But though he is jolly company And very pleased to dine, It isn't safe to give him nuts Unless you give him wine. Wine and Water