Henry's Songbook

Well goodbye booze forever more
My boozing days they're nearly o'er
We had a good time but we couldn't agree
Would you see what booze has done to me

My mother used to say to me
Oh son you're foolish you just can't see
She'd fall on her knees, she'd cry and pray
Saying, Hamish please would you change your ways

If I had listened to what my mama said
I'd be at home sober in my bed
I wouldn't be here in this jail cell
Such an aching heart no tongue can tell

Repeat 1

(as sung by Hamish Imlach)

[1976:] An American song that Alex thinks he heard first in Glasgow in the early 1940s. (Notes Alex Campbell, 'Goodbye Booze')

[1985:] Really a mixture of several traditional songs. I can easily identify with the "hangover and never again" sentiments. (Notes Hamish Imlach, 'Sonny's Dream')