Name: Stop Drinkin' Jake
Duration: P00H01M45S
Description: Jamaican Ginger (Jake) by 1930, had been chemically altered so that many poor folk, especially hobos, had become blind or lame, if not fatally poisoned, by ingesting it as a cheap substitute for liquor. Gilly offers some fair words of warning.

Stop Drinkin' Jake

from King of the Hobos - Cast Recording by Jara Jones

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Jamaican Ginger (Jake) by 1930, had been chemically altered so that many poor folk, especially hobos, had become blind or lame, if not fatally poisoned, by ingesting it as a cheap substitute for liquor. Gilly offers some fair words of warning.

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My oh my

Look at you

A gettin’ twisted like a snake

Sure the vapors are fun

But I tell ya son

Better just stop drinkin’ Jake

For pity’s sake

Stop drinking Jake

Body won’t hold much longer

If you’re drinkin’ Jake

Knew a man named Slim

Who was a little dim

Had the whole world ripe to take

But a few months in

With the devil’s gin –

Now’s he blind and it’s all to Jake

For pity’s sake

Stop drinkin’ Jake

Body won’t hold much longer

If you’re drinkin’ Jake

Keep it up and your feet’ll get funny

Ain’t no way that you’re gonna hide

That little tap-click-tap-click sonny

Gonna wish that ya up and died

You know it’s hard for a ‘bo to get liquor

Medicine just to face the day

But sippin’ Jake’ll only make ya get sicker

Don’t be a First of May

Here’s what I say

My oh my

Look at you

A gettin’ twisted like a snake

Sure the vapors are fun

But I tell ya son

Better just stop drinkin’ Jake

For pity’s sake

Stop drinkin’ Jake

Body won’t hold much longer

If you’re drinkin’ Jake

You’re really better off not drinkin’ Jake

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from King of the Hobos - Cast Recording, released November 2, 2014

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King of the Hobos New York, New York

Jara Jones is an actor, singer/songwriter, and poet residing in New York City.
You can find more songs, poems and rambles on his site:
www.jarajones.com

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