Touch Not the Cup

DESCRIPTION: "Touch not the cup, it is death to the soul... Many I know that have quaffed from that bowl... Little they thought that a demon was there, Blindly they drank and were caught in the snare...." A sermon, without illustrations, on the evils of drink
AUTHOR: Words: J.H. Aikman (?) / Music: T.H. Bayley?
EARLIEST DATE: 1885 (Franklin Square Song Collection 3)
KEYWORDS: drink virtue
FOUND IN: US(NE,So)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Randolph 330, "Touch Not the Cup" (1 text)
Warner-TraditionalAmericanFolkSongsFromAnneAndFrankWarnerColl 76, "Touch Not the Cup" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cheney-MormonSongs, pp. 146-148, "Oh, Touch Not the Wine Cup" (1 text, 1 tune, which appears to be somewhat revised)
ST R330 (Partial)
Roud #6951
NOTES [38 words]: Yes, this piece is as obnoxiously moralizing as it sounds... and I say that as a teetotaler.
Dime-Song-Book #19, p. 44, is "Touch Not the Fair Cup," which is clearly on the same theme, but I would not consider it the same song. - RBW
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File: R330

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