But the Briton hugs his tankard, and would count the man an ass
Who held not in highest honour nectar from the vats of Bass.
Port is worthy of acceptance, once men made the bottle spin;
Sherry hath a welcome flavour when the filberts have come in:
Scotsmen have been seen imbibing in the mountains of the north,
What is known as whiskey-toddy in the lands beside the Forth:
But the Englishmen will tell you that for really sterling worth—
Bass's beer can beat all liquids that were ever made on earth.