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Dylan Thomas's drinking ditty to be published for first time

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Impromptu verse written in London pub is 'in the vein' of Under Milk Wood and likely to fetch five-figure sum

An impromptu drinking ditty, dashed off in pencil by Dylan Thomas while seated at a London bar, is to be published for the first time after coming to light during the centenary of the poet's birth.

The ode to the pub was discovered by Fred Jarvis, a former general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, in papers belonging to his late wife, Anne, whose parents knew Thomas.

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