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The Temperance Hymn

October 28, 2011
19:02 PM

This is what the bunch of ladies pictured on my last entry sang as they marched.

THE LIPS THAT TOUCH LIQUOR
SHALL NEVER TOUCH MINE

The Demon of Wine is about in the land,
His victims are falling on every hand,
The wise and the simple, the brave and the fair,
No station too high for his vengence to spare.
O women, the sorrow and pain is with you,
And so be the joy and the victory, too;
With this for your motto, and succor divine,
The lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine,

The homes that were happy are ruined and gone.
The hearts that were merry are wretched and lone,
And lives full of promise of good things and fine,
Are ruined and wreck’d by the Demon of Wine.
Wives, maidens and mothers, to you it is giv’n,
To rescue the fallen and point them to heav’n.
With us for your guides you shall win by this sign,
The lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine.

O mothers, whose sons tarry long at the bowl,
Who love their good name as you love your own soul,
O maidens with fathers, and brothers and beaux;
Whose lives you would rescue from infinite woes,
Let war be your watchword, from shore unto shore,
Till Wine and his legions shall ruin no more,
And write on your banners, in letters that shine,
The lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine.

Comments

  1. martine

    on October 29, 2011

    Dépêche-toi de célébrer la victoire de Michael D. Higgins avant que novembre commence!

  2. Martin

    on October 29, 2011

    Il me reste trois jours encore !

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