sábado, 19 de julio de 2014

Charlie Mopps

Ha habido muchos inventores en el mundo: Da Vinci, Einstein, Homer Simpson… Pero si uno ha cambiado la historia de la mayor parte de los humanos durante más de 8000 años es el anónimo que elaboro por primera vez la cerveza. Sin embargo, para muchos pueblos cerveceros ese desconocido tiene nombre. Gambrinus para los flamencos, por ejemplo.


Charlie Mopps o simplemente Charlie Mops, es para los irlandeses el inventor mitológico de la cerveza. Se cree que su nombre es una deformación de Barley Hops. Charlie Mopps consigue este honor gracias a que en la canción folclórica irlandesa “Beer, Beer, Beer” se le atribuye el mérito. Está escrita por el grupo folk irlandés “The Clancy Brothers



A long time ago, way back in history,
when all there was to drink was nothin but cups of tea.
When along came a man by the name of Charlie Mops,
and he invented a wonderful drink and he made it out of hops.
He might have been an admiral a sultan or a king,
and to his praises we shall always sing.
And look what he has done for us he's filled us up with cheer!
Our Lord bless Charlie Mops, the man who invented beer beer beer
tiddly beer beer beer.
The Purest bar, the Fanciest Pub, the Hole in the Wall as well
one thing you can be sure of, its Charlie's beer they sell
so come on all ye lucky lads, eleven O'clock she stops
for five clock seconds, remember Charlie Mops 1 2 3 4 5
He might have been an admiral a sultan or a king,
and to his praises we shall always sing.
And look what he has done for us he's filled us up with cheer!
Our Lord bless Charlie Mops, the man who invented beer beer beer
tiddly beer beer beer.
A bushel of malt, a barrel of hops, you stir it around with a stick,
the kind of lubrication to make your engine tick.
For 40 pints a wallop a day will keep away the clacks.
Its only eight pence hapenny a pint,and one and six they tax, 1 2 3 4 5
He must have been an admiral a sultan or a king,
and to his praises we shall always sing.
And look what he has done for us he's filled us up with cheer!
Our Lord bless Charlie Mops, the man who invented beer beer beer
tiddly beer beer beer, tiddly beer beer beer
Our Lord bless Charlie Mops!
The Lord bless Charlie Mops!

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