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Thread #125846   Message #2790525
Posted By: KathyW
17-Dec-09 - 01:33 PM
Thread Name: Is alcohol the only drug...? (songs praising drugs
Subject: Lyr Add: TOBACCO IS LIKE LOVE
What about "Tobacco is like Love"?

You can find it on John Townley's album "A Chesapeake Sailor's Companion":
http://www.amazon.com/Chesapeake-Sailors-Companion-Townley-Press/dp/B00005EBJM/r (pops)

"TOBACCO IS LIKE LOVE" by Tobias Hume

Tobacco, tobacco,
Sing sweetly for tobacco!
Tobacco is like love, o love it.
For you see I will prove it.

Love maketh lean the fat men's tumour,
So doth tobacco.
Love still dries up the wanton humour,
So doth tobacco.
Love makes men sail from shore to shore,
So doth tobacco.
'Tis fond love often makes men poor
So doth tobacco.
Love makes men scorn all coward fears,
So doth tobacco.
Love often sets men by the ears,
So doth tobacco.

Tobacco, tobacco,
Sing sweetly for tobacco!
Tobacco is like love, o love it.
For you see I will prove it.