I'm a member of the Midnight Crew
I'm a night owl, and a wise bird too
Home with the milk in the morning
Singing the same old song!
Rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun
Early to bed, and you'll miss all the fun
Bring your wife and trouble, it will never trouble you
Make her a member of the Midnight Crew!
Certain old men prefer to rise at about that time, taking a cold bath
and a long walk with an empty stomach, and otherwise mortifying the flesh.
They then point with pride to these practices as the cause of their sturdy health
and ripe years; the truth being that they are hearty and old, not because
of their habits, but in spite of them. The reason we find only robust persons
doing this thing is that it has killed all the others who have tried it.