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When Mr Watts-Ewers / (Licensed to sell / Beer wine & spirits / And tobacco as well),
Advertised in the papers / He would open that night / His brand new hotel, / The town had a fright- / Mr Alf Measure
Who kept the Bull's Head / Wept like a baby / And took to his bed- / Mrs Lil Jenkins / Of the old Pig & Swill
Sacked all the barmaids / And was sick in the till- / In every saloon / And public too / There was such a commotion
As nobody knew- / For Mr Watts-Ewers / (Licensed for all / Drinking and Smoking / By men small & tall)
Had decided to call / His hotel the Liberty / Flipperty gibbetty / Liberty Hall-Hotel!
Oh, all drinks were free
(And cigarettes as well) / In Mr Watts-Ewers' / Brand-new hotel- / There were no set hours / There were no decrees
And nobody shouted / Time gentlemen Please, / For in Mr Watts-Ewers' / Splendiferous place / No gentleman ever
Disgraced our fair race- / There was nothing to pay / And nothing to lose / In Mr Watts-Ewers' / Buckingham Palace of booze.