Too Much Drinking

The More You drink the worse you think Perchance your health and purse will fail Beware of swallowing too much ale When I was a young man, I kept bad company In many an alehouse spent my days and spent my money free And of a night I took delight in that flash company I cared not where the money went with a damsel on my knee The More You drink the worse you think Perchance your health and purse will fail Beware of swallowing too much ale George Davenport it was my name, and warnings I had many Good counsel though I would not heed, though down to my last penny My pockets they were empty, and so one fateful day I took me to a robbing all on the King's highway The More You drink the worse you think Perchance your health and purse will fail Beware of swallowing too much ale The King's shilling I did take, some forty times or more But used it to get the sergeant drunk and bolted through the door I played at catch me if you can, over roofs so high The down the lanes so fast I ran, they thought that I could fly The More You drink the worse you think Perchance your health and purse will fail Beware of swallowing too much ale Many a farmer I did rob, though loudly they did curse A brace of pistols in my hand, relieved them of their purse I'd play the fiddle, I'd dance a jig, or sing a merry song Then boldly I'd take to the road when my money was all gone The More You drink the worse you think Perchance your health and purse will fail Beware of swallowing too much ale But now alas, pity my fate, as in this jail I lie Repenting of my wicked deeds, a sentenced for to die Soon standing on the gallows high, my story will be told May God forgive my wicked deeds, have mercy on my soul The More You drink the worse you think Perchance your health and purse will fail Beware of swallowing too much ale The More You drink the worse you think Perchance your health and purse will fail Beware of swallowing too much ale