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 If 'tis a sin to drink the yellow wine,

The sin is surely His, not thine or mine;

Fated to drink, how dare I disobey—

And bring to nought the prophecy divine!

So in the tavern pass I all my days,

And sing and drink, and give to God the praise;

Ready, at any summons of His hand,

To do His bidding in still harder ways.