NEW SONGS.

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" O that a man should put an enemy into his mouth,
to steal away his brains !"
—So said SHAKSPEARE.
That enemy is strong drink.

      THE LAST SLAVISH
              DRUNKARD.

      AIR—" The Last Rose of Summer."

'Tis the last slavish drunkard left drinking alone,
All his once-pot companions are temperate grown ;
No man of his kindred, no drunkard is nigh,
To mark the mad flash of his furious eye.

I'll not leave thee, thou lone one, to poison thyself,
To hunger thy children, and to waste all thy pelf ;
Thus kindly I'll lead thee, where bondage will cease,
To regions of health, wealth, contentment, and
      peace.

Then landlords must follow, when drunkards are
      flown,
And their houses will fall, when the props are all
      gone ;
The Teetotal Banner uplifted, unfurled,
Will proudly wave over a temperate world.
                                    JAS. SNOWDON.

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         NEW WAY TO PAY

               OLD DEBTS.

                TUNE—" Derry down."

I tell thou what, Will, said a plain country clown,
Some strange things gan forward iv yon Alnwick town ;
For when I was there, I heard the folks say,
They've fund a new way their auld debts to pay.
                                          Derry down, &c

Why Dick, roar'd out Will, thou hez surely gaen mad,
Folks can't pay auld debts when the times are se bad ;
When wor wark is se scarce, and the bread is se dear,
Wor auld debts mun still stand, that to me is quite clear.

Thou's wrang, my good friend, the thing is quite plain,
They gan tiv ane DUNCAN, who lives iv Paike's Lane,
And sign the Teetotal, and promise that they
Will no more taste strong drink from that very day.

This promise they keep, and the alehouse forsake,
And their most raging thirst with pure water they slake;
Their money they save, and these blessings they find,—
Improvement in Health, and Contentment of Mind.

Their bits o' loose money are all hoarded up,
That they used to spend on " a comforting sup ;"
And at the year's end—'tis a strange thing to say—
They find themselves able some auld debts to pay.

Will jumped from his seat, and cried, with surprise,
" If in that simple thing such a grand secret lies,
I'll sign the Teetotal the next market day,
And then I'll be able some auld debts to pay."

Printed and Sold by George Walker, Jun., Sadler-street,
                                 Durham.

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