London Dry

I wasn’t shocked to learn the stuff
Was first distilled in chemists’ labs
A whiff alone is quite enough
To see why London’s grown so drab

Yet vodka’s kills exceed the swill’s,
So some have said that gin has failed
But when it comes to sapping will,
Has any spirit so prevailed?

The sun now sets on Union Jack,
But not on Bombay Sapphire’s seal
Thank God that Churchill had no lack
Of scotch with which to feed his zeal