"I reckon they'll hold the likker, anyhow," agreed Davidson.

He drifted for a fortune to the undeveloped West, And he come to Eed Hoss Mountain when the little camp was new, When the money flowed like likker, an' the folks wuz brave an' true,

COBB, IRVIN S. Red likker.

COBB, IRVIN S. Red likker.

All dey think' bout is drinkin' hard likker, goin' to dance halls, an' a-ridin' in a old rattle trap car.

I was as proud to git a apple as dey is to git a pint o' likker.

He always had a house full o' folks an' he sho' give 'em de bes' o' food an' likker.

De mistis 'ud dress me up an' I'd carry de likker an' drinks' roun' 'mongst de peoples.

Dey'd eat up all de marster's vit'als an' drink up all his good likker.

All dey do all day an' all night is run 'round an' drink corn likker an' ride in automobiles.

Dey aint got no use for nothin' but a little corn likker an' a fight.

Dey had pot likker an' ash cake an' such things as would make 'em grow.

"Old Mis' 'ud let us cook a gran' supper an' Marse 'ud slip us some likker.

Den us wrung' em out in buckets an' drunk dat dirty water for pot-likker.

These were cared for by an old woman who called them twice a day and fed them "pot likker" (vegetable broth) and skimmed milk.

"Shippin' 'fore de mahst ain't no job to make a preacher f'm a youngster; hit's plenty tough; but I ain't nevah been sorry I went to sea; effen a boy gwine take to likker an' wimmen, he kin git plenty o'both at home, same as in for'n ports.

I lake my likker, an' I gwine have it w'en

"Well, de fust time I come home full o' likker she done ferget w'at

F'm dat day on, we nevah had no mo' trouble 'bout de likker question.