A sup of good whiskey will make you glad; Too much of the creature will set you mad; If you take it in reason ’twill make you wise If you drink to excess it will close your eyes; Yet father and mother, And sister and brother, They all take a sup in their turn. 
Some preachers will tell you, to drink is bad; I think so too - if there’s none to be had: The swaddler will bid you drink none at all, But, while I can get it, a fig for them all; Both layman and brother, In spite of this pother, Will all take a sup in their turn. 
Some doctors will tell you ’twill hurt your health, And Justice will say ’twill reduce your wealth; Physicians and lawyers both do agree, When your money’s all gone, they can get no fee; Yet surgeon and doctor, And lawyer and proctor, Will all take a sup in their turn. 
If a soldier is drunk on his duty found, He to the three-legged horse is bound, In the face of his regiment obliged to strip; But a noggin will soften the nine-tailed whip! For serjeant and drummer, And likewise his honor, Will all take a sup in their turn. 
The Turks who arrived from the Porte Sublime, All told us that drinking was held a great crime; Yet, after their diner, away they slunk, And tippled their wine till they got quite drunk: The sultan and Crommet, And even Mahomet, They all take a sup in their turn. 
The Quakers will bid you from drink abstain, By yea and nay, ’tis a fault in the vain; Yet some of the broad-brims will get to the stuff, And tipple away till they’ve had enough; For Stiff-rump and Steady, And Solomon’s lady, Will all take a sup in their turn. 
The Germans do say they can drink the most, 
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The French and Italians also do boast; Hibernia’s the country (for all their noise) For generous drinking and hearty boys; There each jovial fellow Will drink till he’s mellow, And take off his glass in his turn. 
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