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WEIN, WEIB - ! (THE COMPLAINT OF THE OLD LAKEMAN) by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP

First Line: TOO OLD EM I TO SAIL ENY MORE
Last Line: THEY'LL GIT YOU EVERY TIME!
Subject(s): OLD AGE; SAILING & SAILORS; SEAMEN; SAILS;
TOO old em I to sail eny more
(He glanced at his wasted thews)
But I might uv been on the Lakes to-day
W'ere the whistles talks an' the fog hangs gray
If it hadunt 'a been fer booze.

If it hadunt a' been fer booze an' whores
(By rights this is my Prime)
O, the road is broad—but it don't go far,
Fer, no matter how good a man you are,
@3They'll git you every time!@1



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