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Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk,
Sipped brandy and water gayly.
Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk,
Sipped brandy and water gayly.
The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.
The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
How gracious those dews of solace that over my senses fall
At the clink of the ice in the read more
How gracious those dews of solace that over my senses fall
At the clink of the ice in the pitcher the boy brings up the
hall.
Or merry swains, who quaff the nut-brown ale,
And sing enamour'd of the nut-brown maid.
Or merry swains, who quaff the nut-brown ale,
And sing enamour'd of the nut-brown maid.
Nothing in Nature's sober found,
But an eternal Health goes round.
Fill up the Bowl then, fill read more
Nothing in Nature's sober found,
But an eternal Health goes round.
Fill up the Bowl then, fill it high--
Fill all the Glasses there; for why
Should every Creature Drink but I?
Why, Man of Morals, tell me why?
Fill up the goblet and reach to me some!
Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.
Fill up the goblet and reach to me some!
Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.
And broughte of mighty ale a large quart.
And broughte of mighty ale a large quart.
I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no
occasion.
I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no
occasion.