The song is a response, or rather a good-natured complaint, against then Prime Minister David Lloyd George's actions to reduce alcohol consumption during wartime.
At the brewery, there's nothing doing, All the water works are brewing, Lloyd George's Beer, it isn't dear.
Dip your bread in it, shove your head in it From January to October, And I'll bet a penny that you'll still be sober.
At the brewery, there's nothing doing, All the water works are brewing, Lloyd George's Beer, it isn't dear.
With Haig and Joffre when affairs look black, And you can't get at Jerry with his gas attack.