The Old Soak, and Hail And Farewell


Gelesen von 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)

Kapitel

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