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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: SINSULL Date: 09 Aug 00 - 05:14 PM THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: SINSULL Date: 09 Aug 00 - 05:09 PM DRUNKEN SAILOR Mrs. Robinson |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: Midchuck Date: 09 Aug 00 - 05:03 PM Someone mentioned The Old Dun Cow already, but it approaches being my favorite. When I have more energy, I'll type in the words to Only Drinking Beer by Dick McCormack (who is featured today in the New England section of the Wall Street Journal, tho' I doubt anyone on here gets it). Peter. |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: Amergin Date: 09 Aug 00 - 05:01 PM Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw? |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: SINSULL Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:59 PM Cracklin' Rose? |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: Mark Clark Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:55 PM THERE STANDS THE GLASS ONE FOR MY BABY (AND ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD) A Six Pack To Go Wasting Away In Margaritaville DON'T COME HOME A-DRINKIN' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) WHITE LIGHTNIN' - Mark |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: MMario Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:54 PM Blue bleedin' blind drunk! |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: SINSULL Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:51 PM The Champagne Chorus from Fledermaus. Am I missing an "i"? |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: Jon Freeman Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:50 PM BOOZING Jon |
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Subject: Lyr Add: FATHER, DEAR FATHER, COME HOME^^^ From: SINSULL Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:44 PM Leave me alone. I'm having fun. FATHER, DEAR FATHER, COME HOME Father, dear Father, come home with me now. The clock in the steeple strikes one. You said you were coming right home from the shop As soon as your day's work was done. The fire has gone out, the house is all dark, And Mother's been waiting since tea With poor little Benny so sick in her arms And no one to help her but me. CHORUS: "Come home, come home, come home. Please Father, dear Father, come home." These are the words of a child Which the night winds repeat as they roam. Oh, who could resist this most plaintive of prayers? "Please Father, dear Father, come home." Father, dear Father, come home with me now. The clock in the steeple strikes two. The night has grown colder and Benny is worse And he has been calling for you. Indeed he is worse. Ma says he will die Perhaps before morning has dawned, And this is the message she sent me to bring: "Come quickly or he will be gone." CHORUS Father dear Father come home with me now The clock in the steeple strikes three The house is so lonely. The night is so long For poor weeping Mother and me. Yes, we are alone. Poor Benny is dead, And gone with the angels of light. And these are the very last words that he said: "I want to kiss papa goodnight." CHORUS Obviously this was written as a plea for a Temperance Movement. A treasure that my Nana used to sing. Mary |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: Amergin Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:44 PM Don't forget NANCY WHISKEY.....and here's another one.....The Drunkard King |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: Wesley S Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:43 PM My favorite is "Tonight the bottle let me down". The Gillian Welch song mentioned earlier is called "TEAR MY STILLHOUSE DOWN".
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: MMario Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:34 PM THE PUB WITH NO BEER Jug o punch [actually, when I am drunk, any song that comes to mind] |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: oggie Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:34 PM Richard Thompson 'God Loves a Drunk' All the best Steve |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: SINSULL Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:31 PM Tear jerker: "COME HOME FATHER" and "PLEASE DON'T SELL MY DADDY NO MORE WINE". Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds I know you from old You rob my poor pockets of silver and gold If the ocean was whiskey and I was a duck I would dive to the bottom and never come up But the ocean ain't whiskey and I ain't no duck So I'll play Jack of Diamonds and count on my luck. Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry If you don't give me rye whiskey, I know I will die I eat when I'm hungry and drink when I'm dry And if moonshine don't kill meI will live 'til I die. My brother Bill has a still on the hill He stands 'bout 4'9" But he thinks he's a giant if you give him half a pint Of that good old mountain dew They call it that good old mountain dew dew dew Them that refuse it are few But I'll rustle up my mug if you'll fill up my jug With that good old mountain dew. |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: Sorcha Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:29 PM RYE WHISKEY |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: Little Hawk Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:28 PM Oh man, I have GOT to hear that one... |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: SeanM Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:22 PM Hmmm... I first saw this and thought songs for alcoholics such as THE DRUNKARD'S CHILD, which may well win an award for the most over the top soppy and untintentionally funny temperance song ever... M |
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Subject: RE: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics! From: Pinetop Slim Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:20 PM You bring that Gillian Welch line to mind: That old copper kettle made a fool out of me. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: COPPER KETTLE From: Little Hawk Date: 09 Aug 00 - 04:18 PM I think that one of the great classics in this genre is "COPPER KETTLE" (known to some as "Lay There By the Juniper").
Get you a copper kettle, get you a copper coil,
Build you a fire with hickory, hickory and ash and oak,
My daddy he made whiskey, my granddaddy did too, Does anyone know any more verses for it? Or...suggest a classic alcoholic?s song of your own. Let's see what we can come up with here...
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