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Kind friends and companions, come join me in rhyme,
Come lift up your voices in chorus with mine;
Come lift up your voices all grieve to refrain,
For we may or might never all meet here again.
So here's a health to your company, and one to my lass,
Let's drink and be merry all out of one glass;
Let's drink and be merry all grieve to refrain,
For we may or might never all meet here again.
Here's a health to the wee lass that I love so well,
For style and for beauty there's none can excel;
There's a smile in the heart of comfort when she sits upon my knee,
There's no man in this wide world as happy as me.
So here's a health to your company, and one to my lass,
Let's drink and be merry all out of one glass;
Let's drink and be merry all grieve to refrain,
For we may or might never all meet here again.
Our ship lies at anchor, she's ready to dock,
I wish her a safe bondage without any shock;
And if ever I should need you, by land or by sea,
I will always remember your kindness to me.
So here's a health to your company, and one to my lass,
Let's drink and be merry all out of one glass;
Let's drink and be merry all grieve to refrain,
For we may or might never all meet here again.
For we may or might never all meet here again.
A variant was collected in 1952 from Peter Donahue of Joe Batt's Arm, NL, by Ken Peacock and published as The Parting Glass in Songs Of The Newfoundland Outports, Volume 2, pp.573-574, by The National Museum Of Canada (1965) Crown Copyrights Reserved.
