Bootleg Booze Poem by Ed Kermode

Bootleg Booze

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Chorus:

I'll take a snooze
When I've had more bootleg booze
Doing what I choose
Thanks to good old bootleg booze
Ain't got the blues
My ego you can't bruise
Here's to happy days
And that old bootleg booze.

V1

Built me a little cabin
In the spring of forty four
Nice and cool with a three-legged stool
Inside on the hard earth floor.
Used to have a wife back then
With children by the score
Now all I need is a bootleg booze
And the hope of many more.

Chorus:

I'll take a snooze
When I've had more bootleg booze
Doing what I choose
Thanks to good old bootleg booze.
Don't share the views
Of them that sits in pews
Here's to happy days
and that old bootleg booze.

V2

Lost my little cabin
In the Spring of forty six
Bootleg still exploded
Which left me in a fix.
Built another cabin
And made another still.
I’m boozin’ on my three-legged stool
And I hope I always will.

Chorus:
I’ll take a snooze
When I’ve had more bootleg booze.
Doing what I choose
Thanks to good old bootleg booze.
Nothin’ to lose
Don’t get those low-down blues.
Here’s to happy days
And that old bootleg booze.

V3

Sent out invitations
To my wife and kids, and then
Had a celebration
‘Cause I turned hundred and ten.
They joined me in my boozin’
Round about my cabin door.
(We’re still) going strong on our bootleg booze
(And) we’ll be makin’ plenty more.

Chorus:

I’ll take a snooze
When I’ve had more bootleg booze.
Doing what I choose
Thanks to good old bootleg booze.
(With) those that’s got the clues
I’d never swap my shoes
Here’s to happy days
And that old bootleg booze.

(I said) Here’s to happy days
And that old bootleg booze.

(One more time) Here’s to happy days
And that old bootleg booze.

(How's that again, Junior?) Here’s to happy days
And that old bootleg booze.

(Now why don't you go make another brew, Ol' Timer. An while you're doin' that, I'll put on some hash browns...)

(Go easy on the scallions, son, my gut aint what it used to be...)

(Nothin's what it used to be, Great-Granpaw, you know that, specially you...)

(OK, OK, all right, already....)

(.... HIC.... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ....HIC....)

Thursday, July 26, 2012
Topic(s) of this poem: folklore
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Romeo Della Valle 26 July 2012

Wow! I guess that old Bootleg Booze mentally gave you the boost to write such an amazing and well penned write! It reminds me the time when such a strong Booze made me dizzy back in the old days! I don't drink anymore but the memories still remain! 10+++ Thank you for sharing and keep it up! This your first poem clearly shows your talent in the Poetry World! WELCOME! God Bless You! Romeo-New York City!

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