Well goodbye booze forever more My boozing days they're nearly o'er We had a good time but we couldn't agree Would you see what booze has done to me
My mother used to say to me Oh son you're foolish you just can't see She'd fall on her knees, she'd cry and pray Saying, Hamish please would you change your ways
If I had listened to what my mama said I'd be at home sober in my bed I wouldn't be here in this jail cell Such an aching heart no tongue can tell