Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-08-07 | Page 13 | By Degrees

I BY DEGREES B By BERTON BRALEY The liquor flows vs and flows as everybody knows And if it your throat is dry you OU can wet it The mighty Demon Rum is Is' still goIng a some oine And there thero aro are places where You can cart get It it A slug of gin or rye you frequently can bu buy Though tho the price of ot the higher Yes there still is Iota lota of ot which a thirsty man can use lSe But But the the country's getting dr dry dr dry drier Oh Oh a toper still sun can tope but you listen to my dope Ho is getting less and less Jess for tor his monc money Ho 1 is paying out his hits Jack for tor somo some varnish and shellac And the physical effect isn't funny Here Here's a truth you may not blink there blink there is less and less to drink Though there still aUlI is lots of ot hootch t to And a a. man can ladle In quito quite a load oad of at rum and gin gIn- gln But But tho the country's country getting betting dry dr dry drier Though the tho liquor quor still sun is flowing old John rohn Barleycorn is 1 going Ho 1 Is wobbly from the tho bumb that t we gave sav him He may give a n. kick or two but hes he's pretty nearly nearh- through S SHe He Is Ss wobbly from the theY bump that w we wp gave him Ho tic i is old and full tull of ot crime and it takes a little time Ume Ere Era so 80 o tough n l bird a as John can expire T There er 1 is liquor on his breath but breath but he's hes os o's mighty close doze to toS death J S S AnIth 1 c s getting dry dry drI drier i v Cop Copyright rt ht 1021 1921 by boY Newspaper Enterprise e N i L S f i J t 1 S J i 4 h 1 l 4 1 4 5 r