1946 The Roving Bartender by Bill Kelly

THE ROVING BARTENDER

INTRODUCING MICKEY FINN

So many people seem to have the idea that a Mickey Finn is a kPock-out drink, that it is quite necessary to disillusion them.

MICKEY FINN

Said the rounder to the barkeep There's a name I've often heard Everybody seems to know him But I have never met that bird I have heard the barkeeps whisper I have seen the waiters grin Every time his name is mentioned "Who in Hell is Mickey Finn"?

MICKEY FINN; the barkeep murmured With a queer look in his eye Brother, let us hope your luck holds And you never meet that guy He makes cream puffs out of red hots If they fight, they never win If you're feeling tough and ugly Keep away from MICKEY FINN. In the night clubs and the gin mills Where the food and booze abound And the boys are bending elbows MICKEY FINN is hanging around Lurking somewhere in the shadows 'Til he's called to do his stuff When this gent goes into action Brother "Scram" he sure is tough. You may think you're wild and woolly Hard as nails and tough as sin

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