Ten Little Bottles

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Friend of mine gave me Ten little bottles of Some special stuff that he Had brewed up hisself So I took it and hid it Down in my basement But my wife found out about it And she told me to Get rid of it or else Since I didn't like the Way she said, or else I went down there and proceeded To carry out her instructions I set the ten little Bottles on the drainboard Picked up the first bottle Pulled the cork out of it And poured it down the sink That is, all except one Little swaller, which I drank I picked up the next bottle And I pulled the cork out of it And I poured it down the sink All except one little swaller Which I drank I picked up the next bottle And I pulled the sink out of it And I poured it down the sink All except one little swaller Which I drank I picked up the next sink And I pulled the bottle out of it And I poured it down the cork All except one little swaller Which I drank I picked up the next cork And I pulled the sink out of it And I poured it down the bottle All except one teensy weensy Little swaller, which I sank I, I, I usually have a little Difficulty with this number You see I come from a Great long line of stinkers Uh, drinkers I had an uncle that Drank a quart a day Every day of his life Heck, me I spell more than that No kidding He could drink a quart And not even stagger Heck, he couldn't even move We told him, we says You better quit drinking that stuff It's gonna kill you Sure enough, it killed him He died last year at the Age of a hundred and two Well, don't laugh We dug him up last week He looks better than y'all do now A guy back here asked me, he says What's the difference between A drunk and an alchoholic Well, I'll tell you Us drunks don't have to attend all Them dang old meetings, you know I don't like your bartenders here In Nashville, I'll tell you that I says to this guy, give me Something cold and full of gin He says, take my wife You see, you got me all confused How many bottles have I got left How many have I got, five You're seeing double There's only two and a half I want you to know one other thing You better not say nothing Against my wife, buster Cause I'll have you know I'll have you know that I Got the wifest nice in