THERE'S DANGER.




WRITE it on the liquor-store,

Write it on the prison-door,

Write it on the gunshop tine,

Write—ay, write this truthful line:

"Where there's drink, there's danger."

Write it on the workhouse-gate,

Write it on the schoolboy's slate,

Write it in the copy-book,

That the young may on it look:

"Where there's drink, there's danger."

Write it on the churchyard-mound,

Where the drink-slain dead are found;

Write it on the gallows high,

Write it for all passers-by: -

"Where there's drink, there's danger."

Write it underneath your feet,

Up and down the busy street;

Write it for the great and small,

In the mansion, cot, and hall:

"Where there's drink, there's danger."

Write it on the ships, which sail,

Borne along by storm and gale;

Write it in large letters plain,

O'er our land and past the main:

"Where there's drink, there's danger."