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Thread #2839   Message #12841
Posted By: Jon W.
22-Sep-97 - 02:12 PM
Thread Name: straight & sober song circle
Subject: Lyr Add: HAVE COURAGE, MY BOY, TO SAY NO
Okay, here's my entries:

"Fareweill tae Whiskey" (it's in DT)

"God Don't Like It (And I don't Either)" - this was sung by an unknown female vocalist, accompanied by Blind Willie McTell, about the evils of moonshine. I'll have to listen to it again before I can post the lyrics but the chorus goes like this:

'Cause God don't like it and I don't either (3x)
It's scandalous and a shame.

And finally, from my own (Utah Mormon) tradition:

"Have Courage, My Boy, To Say No"

You've started today on your journey, alone on the highway of life
You'll meet with a thousand temptations, each city with evil is rife
The world is a stage of excitement, no matter wherever you go
But if you are tempted in weakness, have courage, my boy to say "No."

Chorus: Have courage, my boy to say "No."
Have courage, my boy to say "No."
Have courage, my boy,
Have courage, my boy,
Have courage, my boy to say "No."

The bright ruby wine may be offered, no matter how tempting it be
From poison that stings like a viper, my boy have the courage to flee
The vile gambling dens are before you, the lights how they sway to and fro
But if you are tempted to enter, have courage, my boy, to say "No."

Chorus

In courage alone lies your safety, as you the long journey begin
But trust in your Heavenly Father will keep you unspotted from sin
Temptations will go on increasing, like streams from a rivulet flow
But if you are true to your manhood, have courage, my boy, to say "No."

Chorus

PS to Barry: I like to think my great-great-grandfather Omer loved my great-great-grandmother Eleanor just as much as he loved his other wives. And if you called him an object of pity, he'd probably kickbox you all the way back to Nauvoo ;-)