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Thread #14237   Message #125652
Posted By: Magpie
19-Oct-99 - 05:22 PM
Thread Name: Deoch an Dorus / Deoch-an-Doruis
Subject: Lyr Add: THE PARTING GLASS (Makem/Clancy)
Here is the parting glass as it's done by Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers:


THE PARTING GLASS

Oh all the money I e'er spent
I spent it in good company
And all the harm that e'er I've done
Alas it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now, I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Goodnight and joy be with you all

Oh all the comrades that e'er I had
Are sorry now I'm going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I had
Would wish me one more day to stay
But since it falls unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call
Goodnight and joy be with you all

(Extra verse)
If I had the money enough to spend
And leisure time to sit a while
There's a fair maid in this town
That sorely has my heart beguiled
Her rosy cheeks and ruby lips
I own, she has my heart in thrall
Then fill to me the parting glass
Goodnight and joy be with you all


I really like this one.

Magpie