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Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?
When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?
 Drinking will make a man quaff,
 Quaffing will make a man sing,
  Singing will make a man read more 
 Drinking will make a man quaff,
 Quaffing will make a man sing,
  Singing will make a man laugh,
   And laughing long life doth bring,
    Says old Simon the King.
   - Unattributed Author, Old Sir Simon the King, 
You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.
You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.
 If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you 
think is wholesome, you may say read more 
 If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you 
think is wholesome, you may say "you wish you could, but so 
little makes you both drunk and sick; that you should only be bad 
company by doing so." 
Of course one should not drink much, but often.
Of course one should not drink much, but often.
 Here
 With my beer
  I sit,
   While golden moments flit:
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 Here
 With my beer
  I sit,
   While golden moments flit:
    Alas!
     They pass
      Unheeded by:
       And as they fly,
        I,
         Being dry,
          Sit, idly sipping here
           My beer. 
 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. 
 Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
 What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
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 Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
 What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
   Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!