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;Toasting Tank: Fast Life & Dissipation Unisex Tank Top | 1920s Drinking Design, Celebration, Alcohol, Toast, Flapper, Bartender GiftGeorgian Era Bottle Imp Raising Glass Vintage Vector Clip Art | Antique Devil, Demon, Alcohol, Booze, Gin | Instant Download SVG PNG JPGToasting Mug: Fast Life & Dissipation Ceramic Mug | 1920s Drinking Design, Celebration, Alcohol, Toast, Flapper, Bartender GiftAlcohol Mug: Strong Drink Victorian Inspired Temperance Mug | Booze, Prohibition, Temperance, Addition, The Curse & the Cure, Bartender 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;Vintage Toasting Border | Antique Edwardian Cheers, Raising a Toast, Drinking Alcohol | Beer Whiskey Cocktail Shot Vector Color SVG PNG JPGEdwardian Queen Bee | Antique Vintage Insect Vector Clip Art SVG PNG JPG Instant Digital Download RealisticVintage Edwardian Floral Decorative Embellishment | Antique Vector Decorative Design Element Clipart | Instant Digital Download SVG PNG JPGLeftist Poster: Workers of the World, Unite! Retro Walter Crane Style Socialism | Edwardian Socialist, Pro-Labor Art Print UnframedEdwardian Caterpillar | Antique Vintage Insect Vector Clip Art SVG PNG JPG Instant Digital Download 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;Edwardian Queen Bee | Antique Vintage Insect Vector Clip Art SVG PNG JPG Instant Digital Download RealisticVintage Edwardian 20th Century Witch Vector Clipart | Witch on Broom with Dog Jack-o-lantern Bats Moon Digital Instant Download SVG PNG JPGLeftist Poster: The Emancipation of Labour, Walter Crane in Color | Edwardian Socialism, May Day 1903 Retro Socialist Pro-Labor Art UnframedEdwardian Octopus | Antique Vintage Ocean Life Devilfish Mollusc Cephalapod Vector Clip Art SVG PNG JPG Instant Digital DownloadVintage Toasting Border | Antique Edwardian Cheers, Raising a Toast, Drinking Alcohol | Beer Whiskey Cocktail Shot Vector Color 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
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