I, once, did have a fortune, I ne’er thought I should want, I spent it, one night, gambling: one night, when I was drunk; When I awoke, next morning, my head was rack’d with pain, My heart was full of sorrow: so, I got drunk again. 
Chorus: So, I got drunk again, and I got drunk again; My heart was full of sorrow, and I got drunk again. 
I went to California, in hopes to find some trade; But I met a young companion, a jovial buxom blade; We soon made up a party of happy fellows, then; We were all free and hearty, and I got drunk again. 
Chorus: And I got drunk again, and I got drunk again: We were all free and hearty, and I got drunk again. 
I, then, returned to New-York, my thoughts being on a wife, Resolved to give up gambling, and lead a different life; I found a prudent wife: oh! I was happy, then! But soon we were at strife: so, I got drunk again. 
Chorus: So, I got drunk again, and I got drunk again; But soon we were at strife: so, I got drunk again. 
I, then, returned to gambling, to recover my lost store: But I soon found it washed away, besides a darn site more; My wife and her relations were down upon me, then; For, they knew I was a gambler: so, I got drunk again. 
Chorus: So, I got drunk again, and I got drunk again; For, they knew I was a gambler: so, I got drunk again. 
But now, I’ve seen the folly of such a gay course of mine: In drinking to be jolly, in drinking too much wine; So, I formed a resolution, it ne’er shall rack my brain: I’ll save my constitution, and I’ll ne’er get drunk again. 
Chorus: Yes, I’ll have one more drunk again, I’ll have one more drunk again; I’ll save my constitution, but I’ll have one more drunk again. 
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