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What Shall We Drink?
To our Army and Navy forever,
Linked by a tie ne'er to sever1
God give them the might
To fight the good fight
And taste of defeat no, not ever!
To the ace of the skies.
May God give his eyes
First sight of a foe in a plane!
And when the fight's over
May he be in clover
And fly to our welcome again!
Let's drink to Old Glory,
The flag of the free!
May ever her story
Most glorious be!
Here's to the cultured
And here's to the crude.
So long as they're honest
And drink without mood!
To Wealth—the kind that cannot be alloyed by greed—
The wealth of love and hope and kindly deed!
Come,fill a fresh bumper,for why should we go
While the nectar still reddens our cups as they flow!
—Holmes
To our President: May God guide his actions, guard his
health and preserve his mind.
A song for our banner! The watchword recall
Which gave the Republic her station!
"United we stand, divided we fall!"
It made and preserves us a nation!—J. P. Morris
Hail, social glass, thou foil to care.
Here and there and everywhere!
Here's to misers—whose abstinence gives us the more to
drink.