The Old Soak, and Hail And Farewell


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Published in 1921 (Prohibition went into effect in January 1920), "Hail and Farewell" is a collection of poems in honour of alcohol, drunkenness, and all things related.

In "The Old Soak", an old codger grumbles and connives to get alcohol in the age of Prohibition. Part is narrative, and part is installments from The Old Soak's papers.
“I'm writing a diary. A diary of the past. A kind of gol-dinged autobiography of what me and Old King Booze done before he went into the grave and took one of my feet with him. In just a little while now there won't be any one in this here broad land of ours, speaking of it geographically, that knows what an old-fashioned barroom was like. They'll meet up with the word, future generations of posterity will, and wonder and wonder and wonder just what a saloon could have resembled, and they will cudgel their brains in vain, as the poet says."
“Have you got any of it written?” we asked him. “Here's the start of it,” said he.
We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text (2 hr 52 min)

Capítulos

Introducing the Old Soak 4:27 Leído por KevinS
Beginning the Old Soak's History of the Rum Demon 6:40 Leído por Larry Wilson
Liquor and Hennery Simms 4:21 Leído por donj31
The Old Soak's History—The Barroom as an Educative Influence 5:05 Leído por John
Look Out For Crime Waves! 5:43 Leído por Matthew D. Robinson
Continuing the Old Soak's History—The Barroom and the Arts 8:52 Leído por donj31
An Argument With the Old Woman 2:58 Leído por Larry Wilson
The Old Soak's History—More Evils of Prohibition 5:27 Leído por KevinS
Preparing for Christmas 8:07 Leído por Matthew D. Robinson
Continuing the History—the Old Soak Fears for the Growing Children 5:39 Leído por John
Jabe Potter's Optimism 4:06 Leído por John
More of the History—As It Used to Be of a Morning 6:21 Leído por Matthew D. Robinson
Peace and Contentment 3:47 Leído por John
Continuing the History of the Rum Demon—Unfermented Grape Juice 7:10 Leído por Matthew D. Robinson
Political Talk 2:32 Leído por John
The History Continued—Prohibition and Winter Weather 5:38 Leído por April6090
The Old Soak Finds a Way 3:07 Leído por Phil Chenevert
The History Continued—the Barroom's Good Influence 3:38 Leído por Phil Chenevert
A House Divided 4:19 Leído por Phil Chenevert
Continuing the History of the Rum Demon—the Barroom and Manners 3:24 Leído por April6090
Sympathy Wanted 5:42 Leído por Michele Fry
The History of the Rum Demon Concluded—Prohibition Is Making a Free Thinker of … 6:54 Leído por Michele Fry
Hail and Farewell—A Last Drink 1:25 Leído por Michele Fry
Hail and Farewell—In the Old Days 1:23 Leído por Anita Sloma-Martinez
Hail and Farewell—A Dipsey Chantey 2:39 Leído por Anita Sloma-Martinez
Hail and Farewell—A Certain Club 1:09 Leído por Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—A Temperance Tract 3:49 Leído por John
Hail and Farewell—A Vision in the Night 1:22 Leído por John
Hail and Farewell—The Last Case of Gin 3:04 Leído por John
Hail and Farewell—Crowned Singers 1:22 Leído por John
Hail and Farewell—Down in a Wine Vault 3:33 Leído por Anita Sloma-Martinez
Hail and Farewell—Anacreon 1:14 Leído por Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—There Were Giants in the Old Days 1:34 Leído por ChadH94
Hail and Farewell—In an Old-Time Tavern Booth 1:29 Leído por Anita Sloma-Martinez
Hail and Farewell—The Old Brass Railing 2:58 Leído por ChadH94
Hail and Farewell—Once Youth Was Mine 1:14 Leído por Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—In a Tavern Booth 1:22 Leído por oogiesragdoll
Hail and Farewell—An Engagement 1:14 Leído por Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—The Battle of the Keyholes 2:45 Leído por Anita Sloma-Martinez
Hail and Farewell—In a Tavern Booth 1:22 Leído por oogiesragdoll
Hail and Farewell—Yearnings and Memories 1:09 Leído por April6090
Hail and Farewell—Do You Remember? 1:22 Leído por donj31
Hail and Farewell—And You may Kecall This 1:45 Leído por donj31
Hail and Farewell—True, but What of It? 1:09 Leído por April6090
Hail and Farewell—A Summer Day Dream 1:16 Leído por April6090
Hail and Farewell—On Swearing Off Again 1:19 Leído por Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—After Several Highballs 1:11 Leído por Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—Chant Royal of the Dejected Dipsomaniac 4:05 Leído por Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—Proverbs XXIII, 29 1:45 Leído por Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—An Object Lesson 2:16 Leído por Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—A Kansas Tragedy 6:47 Leído por Larry Wilson