Comic Songs. X:18 % number T:Cigareets, Whuskey & Wild Wild Women %%begintext A Preachment dear friends you're about to receive, On John Barleycorn, tobacco, and the timtayshuns of Eve %%endtext C:Tim Spencer (1947) O:Aural transcription M:3/4 L:1/4 Q:180 K:F V:1 P:B P:A (VERSE) F F F |F<G A |G F D |C3 | w:1.Once I was hap-py and had a good wife. w:2.Cigarettes are a blight on the whole hu-man race. w:3.And now good peo-ple, I'm bro-ken with age. w:4.Write on the cross at the head of my grave: c c c |c<F F |F G A |G3 | w:I~had e-nough mo-ney to last me for life. w:A man is~a mon-key with one in his face. w:The~lines on my face make a well-writ-ten page. w:"For women and whis-key, here lies a poor slave.
" A/G/ F F |F F G| A G F| D C2 | w:Then I met with a gal and we went on a spree. w:Take_ warn-ing, dear friend._ Take warn-ing, dear brother: w:I'm_ weav-in' this sto-ry, how sad-ly but true, w:Take_ warn-ing, poor strang-er. X:21 % number T:Unlucky Crinoline C:Anon. Tune-O-Tron: Converter. Draw The Dots: Tune Editor. Abcnotation.com | home. Mudcat.org Traditional Music and Folklore Collection and Community.