Minnetonka Songs ‎#83

83. "Wine is a Mocker"

1 Wine is a mocker! and strong drink is raging,
For so does the Bible declare:
Oh, touch not the glass, then, however engaging,
Of all its allurements beware.

Chorus:
The Bible, the Bible, the Bible says so,
That win is a mocker we know, ah, we know.

2 Wise is a mocker! though seems it so charming,
Though friends call it wholesome and good;
There's mischief there lurking that ever is harming,
To fire and to poison the blood. [Chorus]

3 Win is a mocker! it leads into sinning
The thousands who perish from drink:
'Tis here that the drunkard has had his beginning,
The first step that caused him to sink. [Chorus]

4 Wine is a mocker! at first 'tis alluring,
At last like an adder it stings:
And bites like a serpent, with poison enduring,
And mis'ry and wretchedness brings. [Chorus]

5 Wine is a mocker! the social glass shun it,
Oh, linger not where 'tis in sight.
Oh, dash it away from you, look not upon it,
Stand firm and be true to the right. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Wine is a mocker! and strong drink is raging
• Title: "Wine is a Mocker"
• Author: Rev. E. G. Taylor
• Refrain First Line: The Bible, the Bible, the Bible says so
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1879
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [Wine is a mocker! and strong drink is raging]
• Composer: P. P. B.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain.