It tells a tale of seduction and alcohol; not necessarily a PC topic these days but it is a clever song that elicits laughs when paid attention to. \u00a0We all know that this is rarely possible in a bar setting…<\/span><\/p>\nJos. Morneault<\/p>\n
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She was young, she was pure, she was new, she was nice
\nShe was fair, she was sweet seventeen.
\nHe was old, he was vile, and no stranger to vice
\nHe was base, he was bad, he was mean.
\nHe had slyly inveigled her up to his flat
\nTo view his collection of stamps,
\nAnd he said as he hastened to put out the cat,
\nThe wine, his cigar and the lamps:<\/p>\n
Have some madeira, m’dear. You really have nothing to fear.
\nI’m not trying to tempt you, that wouldn’t be right,
\nYou shouldn’t drink spirits at this time of night.
\nHave some madeira, m’dear. It’s really much nicer than beer.
\nI don’t care for sherry, one cannot drink stout,
\nAnd port is a wine I can well do without…
\nIt’s simply a case of chacun a son gout
\nHave some madeira, m’dear.<\/p>\n
Unaware of the wiles of the snake-in-the-grass
\nAnd the fate of the maiden who topes,
\nShe lowered her standards by raising her glass,
\nHer courage, her eyes and his hopes.
\nShe sipped it, she drank it, she drained it, she did!
\nHe promptly refilled it again,
\nAnd he said as he secretly carved one more notch
\nOn the butt of his gold-headed cane:<\/p>\n
Have some madeira, m’dear,
\nI’ve got a small cask of it here.
\nAnd once it’s been opened, you know it won’t keep.
\nDo finish it up. It will help you to sleep.
\nHave some madeira, m’dear.
\nIt’s really an excellent year.
\nNow if it were gin, you’d be wrong to say yes
\nThe evil gin does would be hard to assess..
\nBesides it’s inclined to affect me prowess,
\nHave some madeira, m’dear.<\/p>\n
Then there flashed through her mind what her mother had said
\nWith her antepenultimate breath,
\n“Oh my child, should you look on the wine that is red
\nBe prepared for a fate worse than death!”
\nShe let go her glass with a shrill little cry,
\nCrash! Tinkle! it fell to the floor;
\nWhen he asked, “What in Heaven?” She made no reply,
\nUp her mind, and a dash for the door.<\/p>\n
Have some madeira, m’dear.
\nRang out down the hall loud and clear
\nWith a tremulous cry that was filled with despair,
\nAs she fought to take breath in the cool midnight air,
\nHave some madeira, m’dear.
\nThe words seemed to ring in her ear.
\nUntil the next morning, she woke in her bed
\nWith a smile on her lips and an ache in her head…
\nAnd a beard in her lug ‘ole that tickled and said:
\nHave some madeira, m’dear!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Back in the days when Vinny Lang was playing bass behind me at the Gris, he would occasionally take the mic and lead one witty song and another… I was recently reminded of this one and although we no longer perform it lacking the good man, it is worth adding to the list. The\u00a0song is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4152","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4152"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4858,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4152\/revisions\/4858"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}