Oh -- Good Lord
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:30 am
A co-worker brought me a copy of the book Home Brewing Without Failures this morning. Thumbing through I came across this poem.
Oh -- Good Lord
The Horse and Mule live thirty years,
Yet know nothing of wines and beers.
Most Goats and Sheep at twenty die,
And have never tasted Scotch or Rye.
A Cow drinks water by the ton,
So at eighteen is mostly done.
The Dog in milk and water soaks,
And then in twelve short years he croaks.
Your Modest sober, bone-dry Hen,
Lays eggs for Nogs, then dies at Ten.
All Animals are strictly dry,
They sinless live and swiftly die.
But sinful, Ginful, beer soaked man,
Survives three socre years and ten.
While some of us, though mighty few,
Stay sozzled till we're ninety-two.
Oh -- Good Lord
The Horse and Mule live thirty years,
Yet know nothing of wines and beers.
Most Goats and Sheep at twenty die,
And have never tasted Scotch or Rye.
A Cow drinks water by the ton,
So at eighteen is mostly done.
The Dog in milk and water soaks,
And then in twelve short years he croaks.
Your Modest sober, bone-dry Hen,
Lays eggs for Nogs, then dies at Ten.
All Animals are strictly dry,
They sinless live and swiftly die.
But sinful, Ginful, beer soaked man,
Survives three socre years and ten.
While some of us, though mighty few,
Stay sozzled till we're ninety-two.
bd.
