Kind friends and companions
Together combine
And raise up your voices
In chorus with mine
We will drink and be merry
All grief to refrain
For we may and might never
All meet here again
Here's a health to the company
And one to my lass
We will drink and be merry
All out of one glass
We will drink and be merry
All grief to refrain
For we may and might never
All meet here again
Here's a health to the wee lass
That I love so well
Her style and her beauty
There's none can excel
A smile on her countenance
As she sits on my knee
There is none in
This wide world as happy as me
Here's a health to the company
And one to my lass
We will drink and be merry
All out of one glass
We will drink and be merry
All grief to refrain
For we may and might never
All meet here again
Our ship lies at harbor
And ready to dock
I wish she's safe landing
Without shake or shock
And when we are sailing
To the land of the free
I will always remember your kindness to me
I have read that old proverb
I've read it so true
My love is as fair as
The bright morning dew
I have read that old proverb
I suppose you have too
So good friends and companions
I bid you adieu
So here's a health to the company
And one to my lass
We will drink and be merry
All out of one glass
We will drink and be merry
All grief to refrain
For we may and might never
All meet here again