CHANGING TUNES.

Evening Post, Volume XLIII, Issue 61, 12 March 1892, Page 1 (Supplement)

CHANGING TUNES.

Air — " Love'x Young Bream." Oh ! the days are gone when Claret bright Inspired my strain, When I sang on every festive night About Champagne. Primo ' ' Thirty -four Iv floods may pour, And glasses daily clatter, But there's nothing half so safe to drink As plain cold water. Though the bard may make a greater noise Over hjs wine, When with other bacchanalian boys He chances to dive ; Yet if he wake With a headache, And wonder what's the matter, He learns there's nought so safe to drink? 1 As plain cold water. There's Dr. Haisal, he proclaims That water's full Of curious brutes, with curious names; In every pool. Now you will see That this must be A most important matter, For it's clear there's meat as well as drink In plain cold water. Professor Clark, of Aberdeen, Says chalk is there, And Monsieur Chatin, iodme Finds everywhere. If this be true It's clear to you It's just so much the better, For there's meat and drink and physic too In plain cold water. So if your health you would keep good • With wine have done, And, like that wise man, with your food Drink water alone. About ho dives, And well he thrives, And every day grows fatter, Which shows that folk can live quite well On plain cold water. Journal of Medical Science.