Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-11 | Page 4 | Battle Hymns or Bottle Songs?

Battle Baffle Hymns or Bottle Songs pHE THE TH NEW war of the league is also 1 in defiance of favorite bottle songs of the thel l republic Battle hymns sung at the St. St Louis convention launching another crusade against the demon rum suggest a timely enterprise for forthe forthe forthe the Society for the Prevention of ot Unnecessary Noise So ingrained in the national idea of congeniality congeniality congeniality con con- geniality and conviviality are arc Sweet Adeline How Dry I Am and other arias for impromptu rendition by impromptu quartets that they in indisputably indisputably indisputably in- in disputably must be regarded as s f folk lk songs Reading the of the new dry ly lyrics ics re regardless regardless re- re ardless of the tunes they are arc hooked onto it becomes doubtful if they ever can displace these old favorites in the national affection But a faint idea of what horrors are in store for American ears while a contest between the old and the new is in progress may be appreciated by vocalizing the drys' drys waffle song to the tune of My Maryland Try a few measures of this without wrinkling your epiglottis I 1 will vill not cat my waffles brown bro Alongside one who gulps beer down We Ve are not apprised of the lilt for this one i but it seems to be a sort of Waltz in B flat Repeal has failed It was all in vain The old saloon is back ag again in Tho it its it's s called another name name Its It's a hell hole just the same For it damns men in their shame A song like that with a noggin of buttermilk would probably arouse a crowd to a high pitch of something We dont don't like to throw cold Water water water wa wa- ter on the new hymnal of the league but it is doubtful if the drys will find these songs can cannold hold nold a candle as tear to the venerable favorites Father Dear Father Come Gome Home With Me N Now or The Face o on the Hie Barroom Floor