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 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, 
 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! 
 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." 
 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, 
 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. 
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.
Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.
Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.
 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?