A look at the songs from the Victorian Temperance Movement and their content about wine, beer, and spirits and it affects on the family life

Temperance Songs

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The original Temperance songs used in Temperance Tantrums are almost as important as The Eternal Sword Temperance Union characters and their hilarious improvised rally activities. Originally performed in all seriousness, these anthems listed below (and others of this ilk) are now the basis for the production's tongue-in-cheek humor
Lips that Touch Liquor Will Never Touch Mine Girls, Wait for a Temperance Man Under the Anheuser Bush Come Home, Father Willie Has Signed the Pledge The Price of a Drink
		Written and performed as prohibition propaganda, these anthems were intended to tell vivid stories, often pathetic ones, of lost dignity, crippled relationships and impaired health. In short, they suggest that alcohol consumption is responsible for all of society's ills. Today, these songs seem woefully naïve and they resonate with humor. But they continue to stand as accurate and tuneful illustrations of a by-gone era, evoking uncomplicated times, explicit values, and a failed social experiment that removed individual responsibility from the taproom.
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