The Old Soak, and Hail And Farewell


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

Published in 1921 (Prohibition went into effect in January 1920), "Hail and Farewell" is a collection of poems in honour of alcohol, drunkenness, and all things related.

In "The Old Soak", an old codger grumbles and connives to get alcohol in the age of Prohibition. Part is narrative, and part is installments from The Old Soak's papers.
“I'm writing a diary. A diary of the past. A kind of gol-dinged autobiography of what me and Old King Booze done before he went into the grave and took one of my feet with him. In just a little while now there won't be any one in this here broad land of ours, speaking of it geographically, that knows what an old-fashioned barroom was like. They'll meet up with the word, future generations of posterity will, and wonder and wonder and wonder just what a saloon could have resembled, and they will cudgel their brains in vain, as the poet says."
“Have you got any of it written?” we asked him. “Here's the start of it,” said he.
We present it just as the Old Soak penned it. - Summary by TriciaG & from the text (2 hr 52 min)

Chapitres

Introducing the Old Soak 4:27 Lu par KevinS
Beginning the Old Soak's History of the Rum Demon 6:40 Lu par Larry Wilson
Liquor and Hennery Simms 4:21 Lu par donj31
The Old Soak's History—The Barroom as an Educative Influence 5:05 Lu par John
Look Out For Crime Waves! 5:43 Lu par Matthew D. Robinson
Continuing the Old Soak's History—The Barroom and the Arts 8:52 Lu par donj31
An Argument With the Old Woman 2:58 Lu par Larry Wilson
The Old Soak's History—More Evils of Prohibition 5:27 Lu par KevinS
Preparing for Christmas 8:07 Lu par Matthew D. Robinson
Continuing the History—the Old Soak Fears for the Growing Children 5:39 Lu par John
Jabe Potter's Optimism 4:06 Lu par John
More of the History—As It Used to Be of a Morning 6:21 Lu par Matthew D. Robinson
Peace and Contentment 3:47 Lu par John
Continuing the History of the Rum Demon—Unfermented Grape Juice 7:10 Lu par Matthew D. Robinson
Political Talk 2:32 Lu par John
The History Continued—Prohibition and Winter Weather 5:38 Lu par April6090
The Old Soak Finds a Way 3:07 Lu par Phil Chenevert
The History Continued—the Barroom's Good Influence 3:38 Lu par Phil Chenevert
A House Divided 4:19 Lu par Phil Chenevert
Continuing the History of the Rum Demon—the Barroom and Manners 3:24 Lu par April6090
Sympathy Wanted 5:42 Lu par Michele Fry
The History of the Rum Demon Concluded—Prohibition Is Making a Free Thinker of … 6:54 Lu par Michele Fry
Hail and Farewell—A Last Drink 1:25 Lu par Michele Fry
Hail and Farewell—In the Old Days 1:23 Lu par Anita Sloma-Martinez
Hail and Farewell—A Dipsey Chantey 2:39 Lu par Anita Sloma-Martinez
Hail and Farewell—A Certain Club 1:09 Lu par Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—A Temperance Tract 3:49 Lu par John
Hail and Farewell—A Vision in the Night 1:22 Lu par John
Hail and Farewell—The Last Case of Gin 3:04 Lu par John
Hail and Farewell—Crowned Singers 1:22 Lu par John
Hail and Farewell—Down in a Wine Vault 3:33 Lu par Anita Sloma-Martinez
Hail and Farewell—Anacreon 1:14 Lu par Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—There Were Giants in the Old Days 1:34 Lu par ChadH94
Hail and Farewell—In an Old-Time Tavern Booth 1:29 Lu par Anita Sloma-Martinez
Hail and Farewell—The Old Brass Railing 2:58 Lu par ChadH94
Hail and Farewell—Once Youth Was Mine 1:14 Lu par Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—In a Tavern Booth 1:22 Lu par oogiesragdoll
Hail and Farewell—An Engagement 1:14 Lu par Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—The Battle of the Keyholes 2:45 Lu par Anita Sloma-Martinez
Hail and Farewell—In a Tavern Booth 1:22 Lu par oogiesragdoll
Hail and Farewell—Yearnings and Memories 1:09 Lu par April6090
Hail and Farewell—Do You Remember? 1:22 Lu par donj31
Hail and Farewell—And You may Kecall This 1:45 Lu par donj31
Hail and Farewell—True, but What of It? 1:09 Lu par April6090
Hail and Farewell—A Summer Day Dream 1:16 Lu par April6090
Hail and Farewell—On Swearing Off Again 1:19 Lu par Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—After Several Highballs 1:11 Lu par Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—Chant Royal of the Dejected Dipsomaniac 4:05 Lu par Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—Proverbs XXIII, 29 1:45 Lu par Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—An Object Lesson 2:16 Lu par Larry Wilson
Hail and Farewell—A Kansas Tragedy 6:47 Lu par Larry Wilson