Excerpted from The Curse of Drink, 1910. All? Why, no, there’s a great deal more: There’s an arm that’s weak and a head that’s sore; There’s a home that’s filled with grief and woe, And a wife that’s felled with a savage blow All? Why, no, there’s a job that’s lost, There’s an empty purse that can meet no cost; There’s a watch to pawn and a chair to sell; There’s money to borrow and a thirst to quell;Socialist Mug: 1904 Socialist Party Illustration | Eugene V. Debs, Ben Hanford, Edwardian Politics, Retro Socialism Ceramic, Socialist GiftEdwardian Lady Taking Foot Bath | Vintage Antique Water Cure Woman Soaking Feet | Color Vector Clipart Instant Digital Download SVG PNG JPGSatanic T-Shirt: Shady Lady -Devil is in the Details | Ladies Shirt Satan Demon Shadow Dangerous Edwardian Woman Deceit Satanic Evil GiftCapital and Labor, Socialist Ceramic Mug | Edwardian Socialism, Retro Communist, Anti-Capitalist, Pro-Labor, Leftist GiftVintage Toasting Border | Antique Edwardian Cheers, Raising a Toast, Drinking Alcohol | Beer Whiskey Cocktail Shot Vector Color SVG PNG JPG There’s an empty glass and a fight or two, And a fine to pay for an eye that’s blue. All? Why, no, there’s a demon’s curse; There’s a child to kick and a wound to nurse; There’s a home to break and a wife to scrub — And the song of her life is rub, rub, rub; There’s a free lunch served in a sample room, And some chores to do with a rag or broom;NYC Poster: Retro Flatiron Building 1902 Halftone Vintage Reproduction | Flat Iron, New York City | Architecture Travel Postcard Art PrintVintage Edwardian Statue of Venus Vector Clipart | Goddess of Love, Sex, Beauty & Fertility | Instant Download SVG PNG JPGEdwardian Octopus | Antique Vintage Ocean Life Devilfish Mollusc Cephalapod Vector Clip Art SVG PNG JPG Instant Digital DownloadVintage 1908 Field Mushroom Vector Clip Art | Antique Edwardian Agaricus campestris | Fungi Botanical Mushrooms Clipart | PNG JPG SVGVintage Toasting Border | Antique Edwardian Cheers, Raising a Toast, Drinking Alcohol | Beer Whiskey Cocktail Shot Vector Color SVG PNG JPG There’s the price to beg for a burning drink, And a place to sleep where drunards sink. All? Why, no, there is half untold: There’s a heart grown sick and limbs grown cold; There’s a manhood gone and a substitute That is half a fiend and half a brute;Alcohol T-Shirt: Chained to the Drink Habit | Edwardian Prohibtion, Booze, Drinking, Addiction Unisex Shirt, Bartender GiftToasting Mug: Fast Life & Dissipation Ceramic Mug | 1920s Drinking Design, Celebration, Alcohol, Toast, Flapper, Bartender GiftToasting Tank: Fast Life & Dissipation Ladies Racerback Shirt | 1920s Drinking Design, Celebration, Alcohol, Toast, Flapper, Bartender GiftVintage Toasting Border | Antique Edwardian Cheers, Raising a Toast, Drinking Alcohol | Beer Whiskey Cocktail Shot Vector Color SVG PNG JPGJazz Age Flapper Raising Drinking Glass in Toast | Vintage 1920s Woman Toasting, Celebration Vector Clip Art Instant Download | SVG PNG JPG There’s a place to rob and a man to kill; There’s a prison cell for a man to fill: There’s a speedy trial, and a verdict read, And a wife that weeps as the doom is said, There’s a curse and a prayer as the gallows fall; And as for your whiskey, why, that’s all.Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Posted July 4, 2017 | 1910s, Alcohol, Crime, Death, Domestic Violence, Edwardian, Morality, Murder, Prohibition, Temperance, Vice Don't miss a post! Follow me on these networks for regular updates: Books Referenced in this PostThe Curse of Drink(1910)Read More