Tune Req: Wine, I Say! I'll Drink to Madness

Subject: DTADD: Wine, I say! I'll Drink to Madness
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 03 Sep 03 - 10:16 AM

WINE, I SAY! I'LL DRINK TO MADNESS
C. Dacre

Wine's a sov'reign cure for sorrow,
Let's drink to-day, and die to-morrow;
No wonder the bottle should mortals enslave,
Since it snatches the soul from the brink of the grave!

Gentle creature, hither bring,
Wine to soothe my love's despair;
Then in merry accents sing,
Woman false, as she is fair!

Wine, I say! I'll drink to madness!
Wine, my girl, to cure my sadness!
And tell me no more there is folly in drinking
Can anything equal the folly of thinking?

Magic soother! sparkling wine,
What is nectar, drink divine,
What is nectar to champagne?
Fill the goblet! fill again!

No more, no more of am'rous folly,
From me fly black melancholy;
And tyrant take heed how you came in my view,
Lest in my distraction, your boldness you rue!

Smiling ruin, lovely woman,
Fit companion's in our wine;
For in reason surely no man
Comes within your fatal line.

Bring fresh bottles, bring fresh glasses,
From my soul how sorrow passes!
Before my witch'd eyes laughs a gay cover'd plain,
While fancy forms visions that fire my brain!

Then wine, I say! I'll drink to madness!
Wine, my girl, to cure my sadness!
And tell me no more, there's folly in drinking,
Can any thing equal the folly of thinking


I don't think this *has* a tune - but think it could be worked up into a nice lively song. PRobably just use one of the short line verses for a chorus....

any suggestions?

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wine, I say! I'll Drink to Madness
From: Joe Offer
Date: 03 Sep 03 - 12:55 PM

Where'd you get the song, MMario?
Whenever you post lyrics, it's best to tell us where you got your information. A set of lyrics without source information is not as valuable as something that has been documented. It's like paying full price for a poodle without papers.
-Joe Offer, Desperately Seeking Source Information-

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wine, I say! I'll Drink to Madness
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Sep 03 - 01:01 PM

written by Charlotte Dacre (nee King, later Byrne, aka "Rosa Matilda"; 1771/2?-1825)

found at (among other places) http://www.english.upenn.edu/~mgamer/Etexts/dacre.song.html

no volume name or anything listed.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wine, I say! I'll Drink to Madness
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 03 Sep 03 - 01:03 PM

sorry - that was me above (dang filters!!!!)

original publication in The Morning Post No. 11,563 (10 September 1805)

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wine, I say! I'll Drink to Madness
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 03 Sep 03 - 01:10 PM

I note from that link that the title has got mistakenly mixed in with the first verse in that first post, giving a five line stanza.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wine, I say! I'll Drink to Madness
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Sep 03 - 01:14 PM

whoops! always prufred!

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Wine, I say! I'll Drink to Madness
From: Joe Offer
Date: 03 Sep 03 - 02:06 PM

I corrected MMario's text. Thanks for giving papers for the poodle, MMario. The song has also been marked for harvesting, although the markings for the new harvesting system are not yet visible to the general public.
-Joe Offer-