Come, have a drink with me –
Care can swallow love,
And tasks devour time
Enough of cups of tea!
Your eyes, ever more sublime,
Dancing bright above
A brown and friendly beer
Will soon meet mine, my dear
Intoxicatingly.
Tomorrow came and went
The future slipped away
I spent my time intent...
Allie is a lass that must surpass
The highest hopes of lost man’s longing
I’d long have been put out to grass...