Come, have a drink with me –
Care can swallow love,
And tasks devour time
Enough of cups of tea!
Your eyes, ever more sublime,
Dancing bright above
A brown and friendly beer
Will soon meet mine, my dear
Intoxicatingly.
There’s a word which to be blunt
Means love to me – but others hunt
A chaster word to bear the brunt...
Though I say we’re together not apart
No matter where we are, I’d best admit
Physically here’s more glorious...