Judge, 1920-10-23 · page 7 of 32
Judge — October 23, 1920 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# "Wynken, Clynken and Drynk" - A Satire on Drinking Culture This page parodies the children's nursery rhyme "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" to satirize alcohol consumption and intoxication. The poem describes three figures sailing into a fantastical "sea of beer" and "champagne," getting progressively drunk while an old cop (likely representing law enforcement turning a blind eye) encourages them. The final stanza reveals the satirical punchline: "Wynken" and "Clynken" represent preliminary drinking stages, while "Drynk" is "the act itself"—the actual intoxication. The entire voyage is reimagined as a drunken fantasy. The accompanying illustration shows a vintage automobile (not a boat), emphasizing the danger of drunk driving—a modern safety concern of the era. This appears to be Judge magazine's commentary on Prohibition-era drinking culture and the social normalization of intoxication, using familiar children's verse to mock both the behavior and society's tolerance of it.
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Deven by Ente Loxsacar + A.C. A Mar or tHe Suoxt Cur Wynken, Clynken and Drynk By Grorct Sailed off on a tipsy career; Sailed on a river of mystic light Into a sea of beer. “Where are ye going; where head ye your prows?” An old cop asked the three. “We have come to browse in the land of the souse, That is in this beautiful sea; Flasks of silver and gold have we.” Said Wynken, Clynken and Drynk The old cop laughed and sang a song As they rocked so full of cheer; And the wind that sped them Ruffled the waves of beer. Plain wate in turned to bright champagne When it came near that wonderful sea; “Now ope ye your bottles where’er ye deign, And never object shall we.” So cried the rain to the merry men three, Wynken, Clynken and Drynk night long Turirz Ml night long their flagons they clear Of the wine with the twinkling foam; ‘Till down came the sky with its wine and beer, Bringing the souses home *Twas all so pretty a jag, it seemed, As if it could not be; And most folk thought it a dream they'd dreamed Of sailing that wonderful sea But I shall name you the gentlemen three. Wynken, Clynken and Drynk. Wynken and Clynken are pre-limi-na-ries, And Drynk is the act itself; And the thing in which they sailed the skies An old song book up on a shelf. So shut your eyes while mother sings Of wonderful sights that be, And you shall see the beautiful things As you rock in the dreamy sea, Where the champagne rocked the sots all three, Wynken, Clynken and Drynk comicbooks.com