Lyr Add: Wait for the Lager

Subject: Lyr Add: Wait for the Lager
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 07 Nov 06 - 03:14 PM

Lyr. Add: WAIT FOR THE LAGER
(Parody of Wait for the Wagon)

1.
Will you come with me, my Billy, into the cellar, near,
Where the music sounds the sweetest with a glass of Lager Beer
It's every pleasant evening when I have got the 'think,'
We'll step into the cellar and have a social drink.
Chorus:
Then here's to the Lager
Here's to the Lager,
Wait for the Lager,
And we'll all have a drink.
2.
Where the Lager runs like blazes, and the music is so sweet,
I'll order lots of liquor, and something nice to eat,
We'll listen to the singers, they'll make you laugh and wink,
So come into the cellar, and have a social drink.
3.
You can't believe a moment, that rum or gin, my dear,
Can make you half so merry as a glass of Lager beer;
We'll have a glass of Lager, 'Segars,' and oysters, too,
And listen to the singers with their "Hop de doodle do."
4.
Your cheeks are red as lobster, your nozzle blooms so sweet,
Your bristles smooth and shining, with candle grease so neat,
It's every pleasant evening, when I have got the chink,
We'll step into the cellar and have a social drink.
5.
Together when we're tipsy, we'er spinning like a top,
And if we have no tumble, we'll never have a stop,
Then come with me, my covey, for I have lots of chink,
We'll step into the cellar, and all have a drink.

H. De Marsan, NY. Nineteenth century.
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