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."