Drink Old England Dry (Roud Folk Song Index #882) is a defiant wartime folk song challenging England's enemies to try to drink up the nation's alcohol supply. This version takes its text from the Napoleonic Wars, but variants exist for other periods such as the Second World War where the Germans are substituted for the French.
Recording credit: John Graham Donaldson, Folk Music of England
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