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L.L SÉG jee Ms re ee ss esac ei fae nia whiskey& tobacco. As I roved out for recreation bi evening : of late, Convenient to a neighbouring town I heard : a great debate, ns 1t was between two neighbours who had fle os ye ling out, One of them was s tobacco, and the other ’ whiskey ee nae ae . Whiskey being undaunted he loudly repli d . How came a useless weed like you here standing by my side, kését And la man of eloguence ied of noble fame, ae fF rom the beggar to the Queen, a pore a. see | my name. | ce ae The tobacco then made. answer and to ee ‘him thus didsay, sg Foe Is true you do delude all sex, and 198 en senses take away, | : You take away their ‘health and strength, | besides their purses drain, ae . And thousands of our Trish edad you sent | | -across the main. Then said captain whielgay how dare you " "me defame, And lesteemed by old and yonng, the deaf the dumb, the Spleens Likewise the dumb I'v often made to hs / their mouth and say, There’s no physician. on this earth i is equal unto me, You treacherous regue how can you boast. i tobacco then did say, You robbed, poor Granua of her sons and 5 sent them far away, , You left them wandering | in exile their fate. as ist ne eee en ere oe for to deplore, Both day and | deh you stir up strife in Brin? s lovely shore. oo . In all my days tobacco said I never have " gas azota pe Or urge a man to rob kiált, —his neigh= | ee bonrs’ blood to spill, i a es “That’s not the case with you, your friends a | És you do deceive, \ \ | When Irishmen on you depend and always + 9 \ : . act the knave. mu af ! Whiskey being defeated then i had ne a more to say, He dropped his head like one was dead, or in a deep decay, 18 Po Tobacco flourished round the room, then Sy Be k i mis B. laugbing at the joke, rt And when the victory was gained he vanished off in smoke. ; ‘ii ail nt, Rg ee eT ML © The Board of Trinity College Dublin
