Monday, December 30, 2024

Drinking songs for New Year's Eve

New Year's eve is coming, and in the USA that means lots of drinking alcohol at parties.

the traditional song is Auld Lang Syne, but maybe it should be How Dry I am:

about an alcoholic wanting another drink. Right?

Factoid: according to Musicianwages website, The song was written by Irving Berlin

“How Dry I Am” was composed by Irving Berlin in 1919, a year after (the start of) Prohibition... The lyrics of “How Dry I Am” are straightforward and demonstrate Berlin’s support for the temperance movement.

and here is a musical composition of variations of How Dry I am:

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