. . . for my booze.
A popular song from 1919.
Words and music by Carl Zerse.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’m so thirsty that I’m blue
Old friend Booze I long for you
I never knew that I’d miss you
The way I do Boo-hoo, Boo-hoo
Anhaeuser Busch has ceased to bloom
Now my life is filled with gloom
My tongue’s crackin’ I’m so dry
Since the country’s gone Pro-hi
Chorus
I’ve got the Prohibition Blues
I’ve got the Prohibition Blues
Now when I take a drink that sky juice at the sink
Just makes me cry and sigh
For dear old Rock and Rye
I’ve got the Prohibition Blues
I’ve got the Prohibition Blues
In memory of beer I’ll shed a tear, a bitter tear
All ’round the town I toddle
I’m a molly coddle
I’ve got the Prohibition Blues, for my booze
- Won’t believe you’ve gone to stay
Old friend Booze I grieve all day
I’m gonna hit the hay and stay
Forever and a day, I say
Why did you let them treat you so?
Just to please old “Moll Bevo?”
My throat’s achin’ I’m so dry
Since the country’s gone Pro-hi
Sung here by Fred Feild: