Lyr Req: Willie's Drunk Again

Subject: Lyr Req 'Need help with this old song'
From: GUEST,Newfiegirl
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 08:20 PM

Hi, "Can anybody help with some of the words to this old song?"
Thanks in advance....GOD BLESS.

"Oh Willie did you ever think,
the night that we would wed,
That you would hear our little ones,
crying out for bread?"

"It's through that cursed liquor,
all homes are all destroyed,
which makes me curse and ruin the day,
that I became your bride."

"I gave you money for to drink,
you know,that very same day,
I had to pawn my wedding dress,
the landlord for to pay,
my heart is nearly broken,
my hopes are all in vein,
for you said you'd join tee-total,
but your drunk, drunk again."

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Need help with this old song'
From: nutty
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 09:45 PM

This Bodleian Broadside has similar words ...... not sure its the right song though .....

Wedding Day

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Need help with this old song'
From: nutty
Date: 21 Feb 03 - 10:05 PM

On the other hand it could well be this one .....

Willie's Drunk Again

Subject: Lyr Add: WILLIE'S DRUNK AGAIN (from Bodleian)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 05 Mar 03 - 12:02 AM

Here's the second song that nutty posted a link to; from the Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads:

WILLIE'S DRUNK AGAIN

O, Billy, you've come home, lad, drunk, drunk again;
But you promised me last night you were going to abstain
From intoxicating drink, but you did not tell me true.
We're in the midst of poverty. Whatever shall we do?

CHORUS: My heart is nearly broken, and my hopes are all in vain.
You said you'd sign teetotal, but you're drunk, drunk again.

O, Billy, I ne'er thought of this the day that we were wed,
That I should hear my little ones crying out for bread;
But oh! That cursed drink! Our home it has destroyed,
Which makes me rue the day that I became your bride. CHORUS

O, Billy, you're a foolish man to drink in such a way,
For a suit of black you used to wear upon the Sabbath-day;
But now in rags and dirt with drunken reprobates you roam,
Neglecting both your children and your once happy home. CHORUS

The other night you got so drunk that you could scarcely stand,
And beat me 'cause I could not comply with your demand;
And give you money for drink, and you knew that very day,
I had to pawn my dress and shawl, the landlord for to pay.

FINAL CHORUS: So Willie dear, take my advice: from drinking do abstain.
Look to your home and family and don't get drunk again.