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SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES.
SATURDAY NIGHT—IN AN INDIAN CABIN.
I.
Sweethearts and wives, boys,Sweethearts and wives;
Fill high, heart high, boys,
Drink for your lives!
Who drinks with meet heart, boys,
To his wife or his sweetheart, boys,
Lovingly thrives.
Drink—Ada or Zoe,
Drink—Clara or Chloe—
Sweethearts or wives!
II.
Virgin or wife, boys,Woman is still
The spell to give life, boys,
Making hearts thrill!
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To bachelors—meet hearts, boys;
Drink with a will!
Drink—Janet or Carrie,
Drink—Nellie or Mary,
Sweetheart or wife!
III.
We may be wild, boys,Roving and free;
Quickly beguiled, boys,
With all we see;
But sweethearts are yet, boys,
What we never forget, boys,
Even on a spree.
Drink—Kate or Christina,
Sue, Sally, or Lena—
Sweethearts or wives.
IV.
We are from home, boys,Risking our lives,
Still forced to roam, boys,
From dear native hives;
But like men, and with meet hearts, boys,
Drink wives and sweethearts, boys,
Sweethearts and wives!
Drink the dear one, though nameless,
And the pledge shall be blameless,
Sweethearts and wives!
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