Music & Spirits - Songs about booze

[Iving]

Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy Whiskey
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy-o
I am a weaver, a Calton weaver, I am a rash and a roving blade
I've got silver in my pouches and I'll gang follow the roving trade
As I come in by Glasgow city, Nancy Whiskey I chanced tae smell
So I gane in, sat doon beside her, seeven lang years I loved her well
The mair I kissed her, the mair I looed her, the mair I looed her, the mair she smiled
And I forgot my mother's teaching, Nancy soon had me beguiled
I woke up early in the mornin', tae slake ma drouth it was ma need
I tried to rise, but was nae able, for Nancy had me by the heid
"Come on, landlady, what's the reck'nin', tell me what I have to pay"
"Fifteen shillin's is the reck'nin', pay me quickly and go away"
As I went oot by Glasgow city, Nancy Whiskey I chanced tae smell
I git in, drank four and six pence and all was left was a crooked scale
I'll gang back to the Calton weavin', I surely make the shuttles fly
For I'll mak more at the Calton weavin', then ever I did in the rovin' trade
Come all ye weavers, Calton weavers, and all ye weavers, where e'er you be
Beware of Whiskey, Nancy Whiskey, she'll ruin you as she ruined me

 

Ian & Sylvia ('Early Morning Rain', 1965)

 

Dubliners ('At It Again', 1968)

 

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"Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" - "Sticks" McGhee and His Buddy, 1947

 

 

"Drinking Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee" - Johnny Burnette and The Rock 'n Roll Trio, 1956

 

 

 

"Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee O'Dee" · Jerry Lee Lewis, 1966

 

 

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Bubbles in My Beer · Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 1947

 

 

"Bubbles In My Beer" · Willie Nelson, 1973

 

 

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An entire album...

 

 

[Iving]

Summer Wine - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood ('Nancy In London', 1966)

 

 

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hmmm... maybe its time for Merle Haggard

 

 

 

"Back To The Barrooms Again" · Merle Haggard, 1980

 

 

Merle Haggard - "Misery and Gin" from '85 concert, originally 1980

 

 

Merle Haggard - "I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink" (same concert)

 

 

"Swinging Doors" · Merle Haggard & The Strangers, '66

 

 

 

"The Bottle Let Me Down" · Merle Haggard, '66

 

 

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Tejon Street Corner Thieves:  "Whiskey", 2018

 

 

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"WHISKEY AND WINE" - O Lendário Chucrobillyman, 2014, live!

 

 

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"No Beer" - Too Much Joy, 1987

 

 

 

"King of Beers" · Too Much Joy, 1990

 

 

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Moonshine Bandits - "Get Loose", 2011 (from Whiskey and Women album)

 

 

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 The Business - "Drinking And Driving", 1983

 

 

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"Drinking and Driving" · Black Flag, 1987

 

 

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"Drunk" · Vic Chesnutt, 1993

 

 

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"Alcohol" · The Kinks, 1971

 

 

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[Iving]

What A Waste (Of Good Corn Likker) - Bill Long And The Border Jumpers (1953)

 

 

[Iving]

"Desperados Under The Eaves" – Warren Zevon - eponymous Album, 1976

 

I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel
I was staring in my empty coffee cup
I was thinking that the gypsy wasn't lyin'
All the salty margaritas in Los Angeles
I'm gonna drink 'em up

 

And if California slides into the ocean
Like the mystics and statistics say it will
I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill

 

Don't the sun look angry through the trees
Don't the trees look like crucified thieves
Don't you feel like Desperados under the eaves
Heaven help the one who leaves

 

Still waking up in the mornings with shaking hands
And I'm trying to find a girl who understands me
But except in dreams you're never really free
Don't the sun look angry at me

 

I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel
I was listening to the air conditioner hum
It went mmm...
Look away
(Look away down Gower Avenue, look away)

 

 

Take 2, 76-01-13

 

Live at the Main Point 6/20/1976

 

WMMS Studio October 13, 1976.

 

with jackson Browne 1976

 

[Iving]

Big Black Bug Boogie - Jimmie Dawson (1967)

 

 

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Hey Bartender - Floyd Dixon (1955)

 

 

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It Ain't Far To The Bar - Johnny Tyler and the Riders of the Rio Grande (1949)

 

 

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Bartender Boogie - Jack McVea and His All Stars (1946)

 

 

[Iving]

Shut Up And Drink Your Beer - Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters (1947)