Man And Bottle

Just an empty brandy bottle by the door An empty bottle standing on the floor Last week 'twas worth a carpenter's day's pay But now it isn't worth taking away. Last week 'twas full of brandy to the top But in it now there's not a single drop Just like a candy box without the candy What value a brandy bottle without brandy? The man who drank the brandy he is dead Like all dead men a pine box is his bed He rests in peace where all dead people lay Six foot under graveyard earth and clay. He drank the brandy and then drove his car But alas the poor man did not travel far His car left the road and crashed against a tree And with his life he paid for gluttony. Next time you're in a bar and have to drive a car, do think Hard liquor is a thing you ought not drink Spare a thought for the poor man who drank the brandy And ask the publican for a beer shandy.