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.
You place the aces in my hand
My chances better in the game
My dealing seems no longer lame...
I see you young and could-be-straying
Suspicion scars an ancient heart
The I pretend and say I’m playing...