Intoxication!

                      Teun-"Early in the Morning."

                      Maw canny bairns, draw near te me,
                      An' say that ye'll teetotal be;
                      Be maw experience ye'll see
                      Drink leads to nowt but misery.

                      Korus.
                      Shun vile intoxication!
                      Keep frev intoxication!
                      It's vile intoxication
                      Myeks the world se full o' care!

                      Just see the myest unhappy hyem,
                      That i' this world can find a nyem:
                      A hoose fill'd full o' grief an' shem;
                      A man that brings ne joy te them,

                      Throo vile intoxication, etc.

                      Just see the bairns flee frae thor da,
                      A man that shud better knaw,
                      Then be a dreed an' curse tiv a'
                      That frev him ne affection knaw,


                      Throo vile intoxication, etc.

                      Mad drunk, he enters his awn hoose,
                      An' myeks't a scene o' vile abuse;
                      Like a tyrant he'll thor wants refuse,
                      An heartless wife an' bairnies use,


                      Throo vile intoxication, etc.

                      Hoo happy there they a' might be,
                      The bairns wad cling aorund his knee;
                      If he wad just teetotal be,
                      What different scenes they a' wad see,

                      Throo vile intoxication, etc.

                      Hoo mony fall i' manhood's prime,
                      Cut off, ay, eers before thor time;
                      We'd nivvor hear se much o' crime
                      I' this or any uther clime,

                      But throo intoxication'
                      So shun intoxication,
                      For vile Intoxication
                      Myeks the world se full o' care.

                      -Joe Wilson