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Thread #16834   Message #4168269
Posted By: Jim Dixon
22-Mar-23 - 07:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Anti-smoking songs
Subject: Lyr Add: THE HUSBAND WHO USES TOBACCO
From the sheet music at the Library of Congress:


THE HUSBAND WHO USES TOBACCO
Composed by Ossian E. Dodge, ©1848.
“Sung by the Misses Macomber and Messrs Covert & Dodge,
with unbounded applause in the principal cities of the union.”


1. He sits in his chair from morn till night.
’Tis smoke, chew, smoke.
He rises at dawn his pipe to light,
Goes puffing and chewing with all his might
Till the hour of sleep ’tis his delight
To smoke, chew, smoke.

2. He sits all day in a smoke or fog
‘Tis puff, puff, puff.
He growls at his wife, the cat and the dog.
He covers with filth the carpet and rug,
And his only reply when moved by a jog
Is puff, puff, puff.

3. The quid goes in when his pipe goes out.
‘Tis chew, chew, chew.
A cloud of smoke comes from his throat.
His mouth sends forth a stream afloat
Sufficient to carry a mill or boat.
‘Tis chew, chew, chew.

4. At home or abroad, afar or near,
‘Tis smoke, chew, smoke.
His mouth is stuffed from ear to ear,
Or puffing the stump of a pipe so dear.
His days will end, I verily fear,
In smoke, smoke, smoke.