Wine, Water, and Song

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WINE, WATER, AND SONG
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
BY G. K. CHESTERTON
THIRD EDITION
METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
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.
WINE, WATER, AND SONG
St. George he was for England,
And before he killed the dragon
He drank a pint of English ale