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.
Not just because it is the weekend dearest
I feel empowered to promise greater strength
From me to withstand threats, to be the cheeriest...
Waterloo to Brentford and back
To an horizon of writhing track
Rain on blue trains laying dust...
