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23 Nov 97 - 02:09 AM (#16538) Subject: Lyr Add: IN PRAISE OF ALCOHOL (Robert Service) From: steve thomas (folkie@synapse.net) Hmm....LOTS of threads I've missed in the past 3 months. Anyway, I noticed a he-man drinking thread and thought...they probably don't have "In Praise of Alcohol." (And I was right.) It's an arrangement of a Robert Service Poem by the late David Parry of the Friends of Fiddler's Green. IN PRAISE OF ALCOHOL Of vintage wine I am a lover To drink deep would be my delight If t'were not for the bleak hangover I'd get loaded every night I'd whoop it up with song and laughter Whoop it up with song and laughter Whoop it up with song and laughter If t'were not for the morning after For though to soberness I'm given It is a thought I've of-ten thunk The nearest that is earth to heaven Is to get sublimely drunk Is to achieve divine elation To achieve divine elation To achieve divine elation By means of generous libation Alas the wine-cups claim their payment And as the price is of-ten pain If we could know what morning gray meant We never would get soused again Rather than buy a hob-nailed liver Rather than buy a hob-nailed liver Rather than buy a hob-nailed liver I'm sure that we'd abstain forever Yet how I love that glow of liquor As joyfully I drink it up Hoping that unto life's last flicker With praise I'll raise the ruby cup And let like a jolly monk And let me like a jolly monk Let me like a jolly monk Proceed to get sublimely drunk! |
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23 Nov 97 - 08:01 PM (#16569) Subject: RE: Song: In Praise of Alcohol From: dick greenhaus Hi- Thanx for the lyric. Take a look at Alcoholic's Anthem; you might like it. |
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24 Nov 97 - 01:29 PM (#16585) Subject: RE: Song: In Praise of Alcohol From: rastrelnikov Neat song! I also checked for Garnet's homemade beer. You have it but there's an error: cupful of dregs, NOT cupful of drugs. Also, it has been suggested: now here I lay IN my 23rd beer Cheers! How you manage to find the time to do any of this is beyond my ken, but thanks again! |