The Pills of White Mercury Old Blind Dogs

[Verse 1]
As I was a-walkin' by the banks o the Ugie
Come, my dear friends, and this story I'll relate
I spied a dear comrade all dressed in white flannel
Dressed in white flannel and cruel was his fate

[Verse 2]
Oh, the mercury was beating, the limestone was reeking
His tongue, all in flames, hung over his chin
With a hole in his bosom, his teeth were a-closin'
Bad luck to the girlie fa gied him the glim

[Chorus]
And had she but told me, oh, when she dishonoured me
Had she but told me of it in time
I might have been cured by those pills of white mercury
Now I am a young man cut down in my prime

[Verse 3]
My parents they warned me and oft times they chided
With those young flash girls do not sport and play
I never listened, no, I never heeded
I just carried on in my own wicked way

[Chorus]
And had she but told me, oh, when she dishonoured me
Had she but told me of it in time
I might have been cured by those pills of white mercury
Now I am a young man cut down in my prime