Give all a shake and a pleasant smile;

Always be polite, courteous and kind,

And thus scatter blessings over mankind.

* * *

Good Old Crow

(With apologies to “Old Black Joe.”)

Gone are the days of the booze so full and free,

And gone are the friends that always drank with me;

Gone from this drought to a wetter land I know,

I hear their happy voices toasting, Good Old Crow.