Bible Songs — Temperance Songs

'"Wine is a Mocker."'

Wine is a mocker, and strong drink is raging,

No. 1390
Tune '"WINE IS A MOCKER."'
Music Isaac B. Woodbury.
Key G major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 3/4, 2/4 (m29-m40), 3/4 (m41-m72)
1 stanzas

Words

Wine is a mocker, and strong drink is raging,And whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?They that tarry long at wine,They that tarry long at wine,They that tarry long at wine.Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,Death lingereth there;And it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder;Look not thou upon the wine,It biteth like a serpent, Like a serpent,It biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.Look not thou upon the wine, upon the wine, upon the wine.

They that tarry long at wine,They that tarry long at wine,

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1390» (large, left), title «"WINE IS A MOCKER."» centred (condensed capitals with larger initials, in double quotation marks); under it, centred, the reference «PROV. 20 : 1.» (capitals and small capitals; only the reference, no quotation) and at the right «ISAAC B. WOODBURY.» (the music); nothing at the left (no author of the words), no meter, no reference line. One text, no stanzas: one line of words between the staves of each system, but TWO lines in system 4 of p. 598 — the upper for the soprano and alto, the lower («They that tarry long at wine,» twice) for the tenor and bass, the two groups entering alternately. Under the music of p. 598: «By permission O. Ditson & Co.» and the folio «598». The anthem ends at the head of p. 599 (PDF 600) under the heading «"WINE IS A MOCKER."—Concluded.» (three systems; hymn 1391 follows). The words are given below in the printed order of the line between the staves, one sense-line per line (the print runs them on, system by system); the lower line of system 4 is given after its upper line. Who sings what is noted after the text. Words divided under the notes are joined («rag-ing», «who-so - ev - er», «de-ceiv-ed», «there- / by», «sor - row», «tar - ry», «up - on», «lin - gereth», «bit-eth», «bit - eth»; «ser - - - pent» spread over many notes); «de-ceiv-ed» is printed in three syllables and is given as the word «deceived». The thin space the print sets before «?», «;» and «:» is closed up; quotation marks are straight. Capitals and punctuation are the print's (lower-case «who» after each «?»; «adder;» on p. 598, «adder.» on p. 599).