The Fatal Glass of Beer

Here are the lyrics to the song:

There was once a poor boy And he left his country home And he came to the city to look for work

He promised his ma and pa He would lead a civilized life And always shun the fatal curse of drink

Once in the city He got a situation in a quarry And there he made the acquaintance of some college students

He little thought they were demons For they wore the best of clothes But the clothes do not always make the gentleman

So they tempted him to drink And they said he was a cow'rd Until at last he took the fatal glass of beer

When he found what he'd done He dashed the glass upon the floor And he staggered through the door with delirium tremens

Once upon the sidewalk He met a Salvation Army girl And wickedly he broke her tambourine

All she said was, "Heaven bless you" And placed a mark upon his brow With a kick she'd learned before she had been saved

Now, as a moral to young men Who come down to the city Don't go 'round breaking people's tambourines.

Edited into W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films (2000)