GROG, OH !
Come, freely boys, And taste tlio joys Tint from the bottle flow ; Let mellow throats Sin<* merry notes To keep the mirth aglow. But when you drink Don't p.\n->6 to think, 3''or that will raise a laugh ; If conscience pricks And stubborn sticks Jtibt drown her in a quaff. If visions rise Of weeping eyes To cloud thy jovial spree, Slill deeper drink, And soon they'll sink, 'JS T eath grog's engulplmg sea. Yov love can't stand With truth in hand, Before its glowing face ; E'en viitue flies And honour hies if a,r from its wild embrace. Then, fieely boys' ParUko the joy-. Th.it from the bottle flow ; Swill t\ll you die, E'en then don't sigh, Perchance there's grog below. C. W. M. To Awamutu.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1946, 25 December 1884, Page 4
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127GROG, OH! Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1946, 25 December 1884, Page 4
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