The Alcoholic Blues
Broadway Music Corporation, 1919
Maine Historical Society; gift of William David Barry, 1998

This popular song marked the beginning of national Prohibition.

The chorus: Ive got the blues Ive got the blues Ive got the alcoholic blues No more beer my heart to cheer Goodbye whiskey, you used to make me frisky So long high ball, so long gin. Oh, tell me when you comin back agin?