<P> A consistent theme within temperance songs of 19th and 20th century society was that drinking negatively impacted a stable family life and that it was at the center of much suffering . "Molly and the Baby Don't You Know" is about a father promising not to drink for the sake of his young child and suffering wife . Some temperance songs were intended to produce guilt about the consequences of alcohol consumption . Themes including abuse were common, such as "The Drunkard's Child," by Mrs. Parkhurst, 1870 . In this song, a mother hears her child decry that her father's drinking and their poverty leads to her being ignored by her peers . An archived field - recording of this song, sung by John McCready, relates the song of a dying child of an alcoholic . The child fears he or she will not be allowed to enter heaven . Stephen Foster was considered to be the best - known of the Temperance songwriters . </P> <P> Many of the songs in support of temperance are not completely documented, but a partial listing follows: </P> <Table> Temperance songs <Tr> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Composer </Th> <Th> Lyricist </Th> <Th> Known vocalists / recording </Th> <Th> References </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "The Drunkard's Child" </Td> <Td> 1870 </Td> <Td> Mrs Parkhurst </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John McCready </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "The Lips That Touch Liquor Will Never Touch Mine" </Td> <Td> 1874 </Td> <Td> George T. Evans </Td> <Td> Sam Booth </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "Molly and the Baby Don't You Know" </Td> <Td> 1916 </Td> <Td> J.B. Herbert </Td> <Td> H.S. Taylor </Td> <Td> Homer Rodeheaver </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "Alcoholic blues" </Td> <Td> 1919 </Td> <Td> Albert Von Tilzer </Td> <Td> Edward Laska </Td> <Td> Edward Laska, All Star Trio </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> I'll see you in C-U-B-A </Td> <Td> 1920 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Irving Berlin, Cecil Arnold </Td> <Td> Rudy Wiedoeft's Palace Trio </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> What - cha gonna do when there ain't no jazz? </Td> <Td> 1920 </Td> <Td> Pete Wendling </Td> <Td> Edgar Leslie </Td> <Td> Ester Walker </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> How are you goin' to wet your whistle </Td> <Td> 1920 </Td> <Td> Percy Wenrich </Td> <Td> Francis Barry Byrne </Td> <Td> Bill Murray </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> De brewer's big hosses </Td> <Td> 1913 </Td> <Td> J.B. Herbert </Td> <Td> H.S. Taylor </Td> <Td> Wilfred Glenn, Harry Macdonough, Lambert Murphy </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The moon shines on the moonshine </Td> <Td> 1920 </Td> <Td> Robert Hood Bowers </Td> <Td> Francis De Witt </Td> <Td> Sidney Phillips </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Composer </Th> <Th> Lyricist </Th> <Th> Known vocalists / recording </Th> <Th> References </Th> </Tr>

Lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine is a song about