Deacon Taylor + 

I belonged to the church, + 

And to the party of prohibition; + 

And the villagers thought I died of eating watermelon. + 

In truth I had cirrhosis of the liver, + 

For every noon for thirty years, + 

I slipped behind the prescription partition + 

In Trainor’s drug store + 

And poured a generous drink + 

From the bottle marked + 

“Spiritus frumenti.” + 