Ingredients:
Combine in a
brandy snifter, add cracked
ice.
Source: The Webtender (www.webtender.com)
At some point in American history, "black maria" was
slang for a
police van. The
OED suggests that the term came from a real person, Maria Lee of
Boston, a black woman who kept a
boarding house and assisted
police in escorting her
drunk and
disorderly customers to
jail.
Black Maria
Must be the Black Maria
That I see,
The Black Maria that I see---
But I hope it
Ain't comin' for me.
Hear that music playin' upstairs?
Aw, my heart is
Full of cares---
But that music playin' upstairs
Is for me.
Babe, did you ever
See the sun
Rise at dawnin' full of fun?
Says, did you ever see the sun rise
Full of fun, full of fun?
Then you know a new day's
Done begun.
Black Maria passin' by
Leaves the sunrise in the sky---
And a new day,
Yes, a new day's
Done begun!Langston Hughes