Popular Music Of The Olden Time Vol 1

Ancient Songs, Ballads, & Dance Tunes, Sheet Music & Lyrics - online book

	264	-ENGLISH SONG AND BALLAD MUSIC.
	' Considering in my mind, I thus began to think : If a man be full to the throat, And cannot take off his drink, If his drink will not go down, He may hang up himself for shame, So the tapster at.the Crown ; Whereupon this reason I frame : Drink will make a man drunk, Drunk will make a man dry, Dry will make a man sick, And sick will make a man die, Says Old Simon the King. If a man should he drunk to-night, And laid in his grave to-morrow, Will you or any man say That he died of care or sorrow ? Then hang up all sorrow and care, 'Tis able to kill a cat,		And he that will drink all right, Is never afraid of that; For drinking will make a man quaff, And quaffing will make a man sing, And singing will make a man laugh, And laughing long life doth bring, Says Old Simon the King. If a Puritan skinker do cry, Dear brother, it is a sin To drink unless you be dry, Then straight this tale I begin : A Puritan left his can, And took him to his jug, And there he played the man As long as he could tug; And when that he was spied, Did ever he swear or rail ? No, truly, dear brother, he cried, Indeed all flesh is frail, Says Old Simon the King.