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Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle?
He was all for love and a little for the bottle.
Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle?
He was all for love and a little for the bottle.
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.
Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate read more
Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.
When I got up to the Peacock--where I found everybody drinking
hot punch in self-preservation.
When I got up to the Peacock--where I found everybody drinking
hot punch in self-preservation.
When treading London's well-known ground
If e'er I feel my spirits tire,
I haul my sail, look read more
When treading London's well-known ground
If e'er I feel my spirits tire,
I haul my sail, look up around,
In search of Whitbread's best entire.
- Unattributed Author,
It's a long time between drinks.
It's a long time between drinks.
Of course one should not drink much, but often.
Of course one should not drink much, but often.
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.
Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.
Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.