A Drinking Song Wine cometh in at the mouth Love cometh in at the eye That’s all we shall know Before we grow old and die I lift the glass to my mouth I look at you and I sigh Your beauty enthralls me And will until we die John Cornick Halifax, Nova Scotia
Leaving with Tears Oh Molly dear I fear I fear You are leaving me with tears as you leave You have been so much a part of me So much so I feel I must set you free Free from this earthly sphere so fine Free from this heavenly home I call mine But we…
Just think if no doubt those twinkling stars Reflecting there alone Are tracing your name against ashen skies Never more to roam That night is fast approaching When we will stand alone Together one with one Near the heavenly throne That night is speeding on to greet us With epitaph so fine And there you’ll…
A thousand days, a thousand nights Are but a second in our sight When we enlist the powers that be To explain to us eternity Of all the thoughts so very profound There’s none so elusive I have found None so hard to explain for sure None that stays with us forever more Come spend…
Living life Living life so cheerfully To the fullest extent of your dreams Brings with it thoughts of home sweet home From where you hope you’ll never roam Living life so bravely When times seem so austere When dark dawns breaks ore distant hills And leave us with all sorts of ills Living life so…
If I could but let my thoughts roam out Along the shoreline on this beautiful day It would so ease my troubled mind And all my fears allay If I could but let my thoughts roam out And soar so free along the bay And see below my beloved home Laid out in full array…
Love Principles Dance like you’re all alone Love unrestrained without fear of being hurt Sing like nobody hears you Live like it’s heaven on earth Love is when reality is finally better than your dreams. John Cornick Halifax, NS
Don’t be so Foolish Don’t be so foolish The young lady said As she lay there next To her hubbie in bed For he had questioned Something she said Which seemed to him a little queer And something he had the audacity to declare But declare it he really thought he must For it came…
Simple Vices What pious people label vice I recon is mostly treasure And that those things are put on earth To give us mainly pleasure And if they are taken in moderation Can do us no harm in the end If we but limit our use of them And this message to others send What…
If you love make sure it’s not binding Cause this can be restrictive and that’s what I’m finding Love from the shores of your soul And not from your innermost being This should be your ultimate goal Fill each other’s cup but don’t drink from it Because that takes away something from the relationship And…
