Here's one more verse to Carlton Weaver (Nancy Whiskey) from a Ewan MacColl rendition.

As I went out by Glascoe city,
Nancy Whiskey I chanced to smell;
I gave in, drank four and sixpence,
All 'twas left was crooked scale.

I Americanized the words slightly, now can anyone explain the significance of a "crooked scale?"

rich r

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