Repeal Day

Repeal Day In terms of holidays, it’s not in the same league as Christmas and New Year’s Day. Still, anyone who enjoys a cold beer ought to raise a glass in honor of Repeal Day. On Dec. 5, 1933, Congress ratified the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, sweeping away Prohibition and quenching the thirst of Americans. Of course, it was not as simple as that. North Carolina did not repeal until 1935, and to this day, the state is still a patchwork of alcohol laws. On December the 5th, 1933 The constitution was changed to please you and me Prohibition died with the signed 21st And Americans quenched a 13 year thirst. But some states rebelled keeping “No Drinking” alive North Carolina kept at it till the year ’35. Now we can all drink till our eyeballs are floating Just not while we’re driving – not while we’re boating For if we get caught on a D.W.I We’ll be hauled into court and asked to tell why You’ll pay a big fine or in jail you’ll be wiltin’ Unless you are Lindsey or maybe a Hilton So lets raise a glass to the Congressmen who Sponsored this bill and pushed it on through So that all of your friends and all of their kin Could bathe now that the bathtub is not filled with gin I’m not a drinker, a drunkard, a sot To drink or abstain to me matters not But one who imbibes has what I ain’t got An excuse for the things that they say So here’s to the boozehound, the guzzler, the lush The rumdum, the rummy who’s speaking is mush The tippler, the wino with their rosy blush Drink up for it’s now Repeal Day HAPPY HOLIDAYS