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When the sun comes over the yard arm I'll be already sat at the bar Whiskey and beer are the taste of my tears I can still feel her weight in my arms I can still feel her weight in my arms

When the sun comes over the yard arm She'll have already walked out the door Any kind of booze is the devil I choose To try and cleanse her scent from my pores To try and cleanse her scent from my pores

When the sun comes up over the yard arm I'll be wondering what I could do Digging over my mind for some wrong I might right The foul sickening truth breaking through The foul sickening truth breaking through

When the sun comes up over the yard arm I'll be wondering just where she will be If I could only think where I would follow her there And beg like a dog on my knees And beg like a dog on my knees

When the sun comes up over the yard arm I'll be already half way to hell I'll have too much to lose I'll be too drunk to move I'll be thinking of the funeral bell I'll be thinking of the funeral bell

Am C Em C Am C Am D C  When the sun comes up over the yard arm I'll be already 3 sheets to the wind I'll be strummin away with whoever will play I'll be singin with whoever will sing Already 3 sheets to the wind

When the sun comes up over the yard arm It's a shout for whoever joins in It's whoever's round has the coin to lay down And it's next time for the poor bastards skint

I'll be already half way to hell To toll out the funeral bell

Her lipstick's like blood on my cigarettes Her scent's like a taunt? on my clothes

All the things I've done wrong

I'll be shedding my tears into what's left of my beer It could be any time of day Down tools

rubbedy firkin kildirkin barrel hogshead **Tun** **[** ** [|edit] ** **]** The tun is a cask that is double the size of a butt and is equal to six barrels and has a capacity of 216 imperial gallons (982.0 l). Invented in Brentford, a tun was used in local breweries to measure large amounts alcohol. [// [|citation needed] //]

Butt [ [|edit] ]
The butt of beer was equal to half a tun, two hogsheads, three barrels or 108 imperial gallons (491.0 l).

Hogshead [ [|edit] ]
The [|hogshead] of beer and ale was equal to a quarter of a tun, half a butt, a barrel and a half or three kilderkins. This unit is close in size to the [|wine hogshead]. Ale hogsheadFrom the mid 15th century until 1824 the ale hogshead was defined as 48 ale or beer gallons (221.8 l). In 1688 the ale hogshead was redefined to be 51 ale or beer gallons (235.7 l). In 1803 ale hogshead was again redefined to be 54 ale or beer gallons (249.5 l), equivalent to the beer hogshead.Beer hogsheadFrom the mid 15th century until 1824 the beer hogshead was defined as 54 ale or beer gallons.Imperial ale or beer hogsheadIn United Kingdom and its colonies, with the 1824 adoption of the imperial system, the ale or beer hogshead was redefined to be 54 imperial gallons. The ale or beer hogshead is therefore exactly 245.48886 litres or approximately 8.669 cubic feet. [|[nb 2]]

Barrel [ [|edit] ]
The [|barrel] of beer or ale was equal to two kilderkins or 2 ⁄ 3  of a beer or ale hogshead. This is somewhat larger than the [|wine barrel]. Ale barrelAs with the hogshead the ale barrel underwent various redefintions. Initially 32 ale or beer gallons (147.9 l), it was redefined in 1688 as 34 ale or beer gallons (157.1 l) and again in 1803 as 36 ale or beer gallons (166.4 l).Beer barrelThe beer barrel was defined as 36 ale or beer gallons until the adoption of the imperial system.Imperial beer or ale barrelThe adoption of the imperial system saw the beer or ale barrel redefined to be 36 imperial gallons, which is exactly9,987.09958 cubic inches or approximately 163.659 litres [|[nb 2]].

Kilderkin [ [|edit] ]
The kilderkin (from the Dutch for "small cask") is equal to half a barrel or two firkins. [|[2]] Ale kilderkinThe ale kilderkin likewise underwent various redefintions. Initially 16 ale or beer gallons (73.94 l), it was redefined in 1688 as 17 ale or beer gallons (78.56 l) and again in 1803 as 18 ale or beer gallons (83.18 l)Beer kilderkinUntil the adoption of the imperial system the beer kilderkin was defined as 18 ale or beer gallons.Imperial kilderkinWith the adoption of the imperial system the kilderkin was redefined to be 18 imperial gallons, which is exactly 81.82962 litres [|[nb 2]] or approximately 2.890 cubic feet.

Firkin [ [|edit] ]
The ale or beer firkin (from [|Middle Dutch] //vierdekijn// meaning "fourth") is a quarter of an ale or beer barrel or half a kilderkin. This unit is much smaller than the [|wine firkin]. Casks in this size (themselves called firkins) are the most common container for [|cask ale]. Ale firkinFrom the mid 15th century until 1688 the ale firkin was defined as 8 ale or beer gallons (36.97 l). In 1688 the ale firkin was redefined to be 8 1 ⁄ 2 ale or beer gallons (39.28 l). In 1803 ale firkin was again redefined to be 9 ale or beer gallons (41.59 l), equivalent to the beer firkin.Beer firkinFrom the mid 15th century until 1824 the beer firkin was defined as 9 ale or beer gallons.Imperial beer or ale firkinThe beer or ale firkin was redefined to be 9 imperial gallons in 1824. It is therefore exactly 40.91481 litres [|[nb 2]] or approximately 1.445 cubic feet.

Pin [ [|edit] ]
A pin is equal to half a firkin (4.5 imp gal or 20 l). Plastic versions of these casks are known as "polypins" and are popular in [|homebrewing] and the off-trade (deliveries for home consumption).

Gallon [ [|edit] ]
Originally the 282-cubic-inch ale or beer gallon was used. With the adoption of the imperial system in the United Kingdom and its colonies the system was redefined in terms of the imperial gallon.