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... drink ; Good wine - a friend- or being dry- Or lest we should be by and by- Or any other reason why . Anonymous Henry Aldrich Hymn to the Belly Room ! room ! make room. Eat , Drink , and Be Merry Eat , Drink , and Be Merry. 229.
... drink ; Good wine - a friend- or being dry- Or lest we should be by and by- Or any other reason why . Anonymous Henry Aldrich Hymn to the Belly Room ! room ! make room. Eat , Drink , and Be Merry Eat , Drink , and Be Merry. 229.
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... Drinking If all be true that I do think , There are five reasons we should drink ; Good wine - a friend - or being dry- Or lest we should be by and by- Or any other reason why . Anonymous Henry Aldrich Hymn to ... Drink , and Be Merry. 229.
... Drinking If all be true that I do think , There are five reasons we should drink ; Good wine - a friend - or being dry- Or lest we should be by and by- Or any other reason why . Anonymous Henry Aldrich Hymn to ... Drink , and Be Merry. 229.
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... drink when I'm dry ; If the hard times don't kill me , I'll lay down and die . Chorus : Rye whisky , rye whisky ... drink whisky , My money's my own , All them that don't like me , Can leave me alone . Sometimes I drink whisky ...
... drink when I'm dry ; If the hard times don't kill me , I'll lay down and die . Chorus : Rye whisky , rye whisky ... drink whisky , My money's my own , All them that don't like me , Can leave me alone . Sometimes I drink whisky ...
Contents
Went to the Road That Lies | 16 |
Editors Preface | 19 |
Paul Engle | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
Akond of Swat Alexander Pope Anonymous beauty bird blood blue boys cried D. H. Lawrence dark dead Dean death doth drink dull e. e. cummings Edward Lear Elynour eyes Festel to Fose Frankie give grave Harry Graham hate head heart heigh-ho John Henry John the Red Johnny kind kiss lady Lawd lemmings live look Lord Lyke Malder merry Milder to Malder mind Montana Moscow ne'er never night numbers o'er Ogden Nash pleasant poem poet poor praise Red Nose reply rhyme Samuel Hoffenstein says Festel says John says Milder Sieve sing Sir W. S. Gilbert Song soul steam drill sweet Tell thee There's theyr things thou thought turn verse W. H. Auden Who's the fool Winthrop Palmer wise wish words write wrong young