...of civilization in our land.
It was because I didn't want our boys
to die drunkards that I fought and fight.
I'm going to live long enough to see
America so dry you have to prime a
man before he can spit.
And I'll fight the saloon from Hawaii to
Hoboken.
And I'll kick it as long as I've
got a foot.
And I'll punch it as long as I
have a fist.
I'll butt it as long as I have
a head.
I'll bite it as long as I have
a tooth.
And when I'm old and fistless and footless
and toothless I'll gum it till I go
home to glory and it goes home to
perdition.