MONSIEUR ACHILLE ON MODERN DRINKS.
« By gar, zese cockstails brak' me 'cart, Zey jjile me moche ze bloos : I wiss' I s'ull ratturn to France, 1 fell so eeudispose, I go to dine my seazial frenz, £ I gife zem one " blow-wout ; " ( Ma foi ! ze wine eet costs so dear, , Zafc ruak's me moche poot out. ? Vrai Cognac, zat ees not so bad, Beeg thing ees brandy strait ; Bote zeu ze price, zat mak's me sad. Zen in ze one hoss groggariz j Zcy concoc' emmetations I sink zey most 'aye vineyards zere, Of all ze ferraigne nations. Zey mak' you s'erry, pert, or ailse Ze vary bes' champagne ; Gredin ! zat's mad' of goazbarriz, And gifea oue stomach pain. ( I ron srough all zey geevs to drink, But more eet rons me strough. Lak one man mad, I'm on" for Franco, And beeds zis land adieu ! ,
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Southland Times, Issue 1634, 17 September 1872, Page 3
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145MONSIEUR ACHILLE ON MODERN DRINKS. Southland Times, Issue 1634, 17 September 1872, Page 3
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