It's Not Day

Is this a drinking song or an anti-drinking song? The answer is yes. The message is anti-drinking ("I drink too much; I stay in the pub all night; my drinking habit has shattered my family-life, I have impoverished myself and made the publican rich"), but you are most likely to hear it sung by a boozy crowd in a pub.

Went into a pub last night,
Asking for a pint of porter.
The barmaid said, "The answer's no,
Until you pay for what you owe,sir."

It's not day;
Drink and stay.
It's not day,
So, what's the hurry?
It's not day;
Don't go away;
Stay with us
Until the morning.

From my pocket I drew my hand,
And flashed at her a fine, fat twenty.
She said to me, "Sit at your ease,
For you, sir, we have pints aplenty.

It's not day;
Drink and stay.
It's not day,
So, what's the hurry?
It's not day;
Don't go away;
Stay with us
Until the morning.

The sun went down; the night grew dark.
The sun came up; the day was dawning.
I have been drinking mindlessly
Through the night until the morning.

It's not day;
Drink and stay.
It's not day,
So, what's the hurry?
It's not day;
Don't go away;
Stay with us
Until the morning.

Sorry's the day you went away.
Sorry's the day my heart was broken.
Sorry's the day I could not pay
For but one more pint of porter.