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Thread #135782   Message #3097818
Posted By: Joe Offer
18-Feb-11 - 06:37 AM
Thread Name: Origins/Tune: Here's to you Tom Brown (Card Song)
Subject: ADD Version: Tom Brown (Card Song)
Oh, and here's a version from the American Memory Collection:

Tom Brown. Celebrated parting song. H. De Marsan, Publisher, 38 Chatham Street, N. Y. [n. d.]

IMPRINT
New York, New York: H. De Marsan

RELATED NAME(S)
Publisher: H. De Marsan

SHELF LOCATION
American Songs and Ballads, Series 4, Volume 4

LYRICS
TOM BROWN.

CELEBRATED PARTING SONG.

The King will take the Queen,
And the Queen will take the Jack;
And now as we're together here,
We'll ne'er a one go back:
Here's to you, Tom Brown,
And with you I'll drink a quart;
Here's to you with all my heart,
And with you I'll spend a shilling or two,
And thus before we part,
Here's to you, Tom Brown.

Repeat.

The Jack will take the Ten,
And the Ten will take the Nine;
And now that we're together here,
We'll take a glass of wine.
Here's to you, Tom Brown, &c.

The Nine will take the Eight,
And the Eight will take the Seven;
And now that we're together here,
We'll stay 'till after eleven.
Here's to you, Tom Brown, &c.

The Seven will take the Six,
And the Six will take the Five;
And now that we're together here,
We'll drink while we're alive.
Here's to you, Tom Brown, &c.

The Five will take the Four,
And the Four will take the Trè; (three)
And now that we're together here,
We'll stay 'till the break of day.
Here's to you, Tom Brown, &c.

The Trè will take the Deux, (two)
And the Deux won't take the One;
And now that we're together here,
We'll quit vhere we've begun.
Here's! to you, Tom Brown, &c.

H. DE MARSAN, Successor to J. ANDREWS, Publisher, dealer in songs and Toy-Books, Paper Dolls &c., 38 Chatham Street, N. Y.