I'm thinking about the year : of nineteen and twentynine
New year caught me with *marked money* : man I was doing 
just fine

I was lying down with my baby : we had one small quart of 
gin
That old doorbell kept ringing : I wouldn't leave nobody 
come in

The whistle was blowing for New Year : around twelve 
o'clock at night
I lied down on there with my baby : until the good Lord 
brought daylight

Early one New Year morning : I was walking down by the 
hill
Every man likes his liquor : when he gets it fresh from 
the still

I hate to drink all new year : for this whiskey they 
making is too strong
Because when I take two or three drinks : I'll be drunk 
the whole year long