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Morning Reflections

from The Balkanoes by The Balkanoes

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Morning Reflections by Frosty-Faced Fogo

Who has not known that painful hour, 
When from the fumes of liquor waking,
Reason, in part, regains her power,
With stomach sick and noddle aching?

Oh! how we execrate the beer,
The gin, the song , the midnight revel;
Ah! getting tipsy is divine,
But getting sober is the devil.

My memory is quite confus’d!
Why did we have another bowl in?
My mouth is parch’d, my bones are bruis’d, 
And in the gutter I’ve been rolling!

Night after night to keep it up
 is of the system downright slaughter;
Oh! let me have of tea a cup,
And bring a glass of soda water.

Left by my comrade in the lurch,
With lobster raw - confound the liquor!
Tis time my pantaloons to search;
Ay, Jove I’ve lost my blunt and ticker.

Moral:

Then lads, of getting  drunk beware,
And from my case take timely warning;
And let your evening frolic bear 
The calm reflections of the morning.

F.F.F.
Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette 09 March 1839  

NB. He was dead two weeks later.

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from The Balkanoes, released June 1, 2018
Lyrics: Frost-Faced Fogo
Music: Joe Hardy

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