The Humours Of Whiskey

       D           A           E
what’s hotter than mustard, and milder than cream?
N.C.   A                              E
What best wets your whistle? What’s clearer than crystal,
D             A         E             A
sweeter than honey, and stronger than steam?

A                                E
What can make the dumb talk? What can make the lame walk?
A                                  E          A
What’s the elixir of life and philosopher’s stone?

N.C.  A                   D                  E
And what helped Mr. Brunel to dig the Thames tunnel?
N.C.      A                     E       A
Sure wasn’t it whiskey from old Innishowen?
     A           E           A           E
So stick to the cratur the best thing in nature
    D             A           E            A
for sinking your sorrows and raising your joys.

    E                           A           D
And boys, I'd half wonder if lightning and thunder
     D             A            E          A
was made from the plunder of whiskey me boys.

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