A Snifter

After working hard all day In the office, How much worse on homeward way My old cough is! Barney's Bar is gaily lit, Let me stop there; Just to buck me up a bit Have a drop there. As I stand beside the screen Hesitating, I have thought of how Noreen Will be waiting; Baby Patsy in her lap Gay and laughing, While at Barney's foaming tap I am quaffing. Barney's Bar is mighty bright, Looks so cheery. Wonder what I'll drink tonight? Gee! I'm weary. Will I have Scotch or Rye? Bourbon maybe . . . Then I see with mental eye Wife and baby. So I say 'tis malted milk I'll be skoffin'; Sooth my throttle sleek as silk, Ease my coughin' . . . Say, I love them two to death, Sure they miss me: With no whisky on my breath How they'll kiss me!