Beef and Butt Beer
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title:
Beef and Butt Beer
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"Beef and butt beer, against mum and pumpernickle" was an 8-page drinking song published in 1743 in London. A protest song published with the specific intent of stirring up trouble for the King, at the time George II of Great Britain who, like his father George I of Great Britain was originally from Germany, the song was anti-German. In one of the verses of the song "Calvert’s Butt" is compared as a crystal clear alternative to "Muddy Mum". The drinkers of the day would have recognized Calvert a
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1743 English drinking song
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef_and_Butt_Beer
date created:
2009-12-01T00:19:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T18:23:27Z
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