A Snifter

 After working hard all day
 In the office,
How much worse on homeward way
 My old cough is!
Barney's Bar is gaily lit,
 Let me stop there;
Just to buck me up a bit
 Have a drop there.


As I stand beside the screen
 Hesitating,
I have thought of how Noreen
 Will be waiting;
Baby Patsy in her lap
 Gay and laughing,
While at Barney's foaming tap
 I am quaffing.


Barney's Bar is mighty bright,
 Looks so cheery.

Wonder what I'll drink tonight?
 Gee! I'm weary.

Will I have Scotch or Rye?
 Bourbon maybe .
 .
 .

Then I see with mental eye
 Wife and baby.


So I say 'tis malted milk
 I'll be skoffin';
Sooth my throttle sleek as silk,
 Ease my coughin' .
 .
 .

Say, I love them two to death,
 Sure they miss me:
With no whisky on my breath
 How they'll kiss me!

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