[Douglas G. Brown]

Miniver Cheevy, foe of booze
Crusaded with the utmost vigor;
He’d fight the fight, and never lose,
’Gainst jug and jigger.

Miniver loved to beat the drum
Teetotalers would all agree to;
He’d preach how hooch would make a bum
Of you and me, too.

Miniver proudly claimed the knell
Of doom would topple every vintner,
And brewers all would burn in Hell
Before next winter.

Miniver confidently hoped
To send distillers to damnation;
Until that night when he eloped
With Carrie Nation.