A Losing Game.

A Losing Game.
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There is some chance of winning at ‘most every game that’s played,
From polo down to ping-pong. and from poker to old maid
You always have some show to prove your strength or craft or skill.
And if friendly fortune favors-call it luck, or what you will- You may carry off the honors, but one
game you’ll surely lose, And that’s the gaine that people play with Old Man Booze.
No man was ever known to make a winning at this game,
All kinds of men have tried it-the result was just the same;
Your luck may change at faro, you may carry off a stake,
But there’s just one gaine that no one ever was known to break,
And it has broken many-it will break you If you choose
To go against the game that’s played with Old Man Booze.

You may dally with the poules, back the wheel, or take a round
Out of fluctuating finance, and still ‘scape safe and sound;
You may margin May if hopeful the price go up or down,
Or get a little hatchet, carrienationize the town-
Cut up any crazy caper that a fickle fancy choose,
But don’t attempt to get the best of Old Man Booze.