1930 The Saloon in the Home

GOOD RESOLUTIONS I 'LL stay at home to cheer my wife And dry my children's tears;

With them, the comforts of this life

I'll share, in after years.

The produce of my weekly toil, Another shall not claim; That ale-house dame !-my blood will boil Whene'er I hear her name! I'll leave her, with her smiles and smacks, To walk in purse-proud state; My brass shall clothe my children's backs, Shall :fill the dinner plate. Though once I joy'd mid reek and foam, A monarch o'er my glass, Rather, my calm, but lowly home, My own sweet-tempered lass.

Nobler te bid the sorrows fly Which pal'd her rosy cheek; Than throw within the-topers'sty What cost a weary week.

I'd rather see my children play, And climb their parents' knee Than spend with sots both night and day, No friends, alas! to me. [ 89]