Leave it for the angels\u2019 share;<\/p>\n
the wine is good, and we don\u2019t want<\/p>\n
to burn up like a brimstone flare.<\/p>\n
Leave it for the angels\u2019 share.<\/p>\n
The night is young, and devils may care,<\/p>\n
but we are old and nonchalant;<\/p>\n
leave it for the angel\u2019s share.<\/p>\n
The wine is good, and we don\u2019t want.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Give it to the devil\u2019s cut;<\/p>\n
go down fightin\u2019, or stay up<\/p>\n
until the sunrise, that old slut,<\/p>\n
gives it up to the devil\u2019s cut.<\/p>\n
Bottles open, shutters shut,<\/p>\n
take a pull or raise a cup;<\/p>\n
give it to the devil\u2019s cut.<\/p>\n
Go down\u2019 fightin\u2019.\u00a0 Or, stay up.<\/p>\n
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