The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #46737   Message #695097
Posted By: Joe_F
21-Apr-02 - 06:24 PM
Thread Name: Songs of Despair and Pessimism
Subject: RE: Songs of Despair and Pessimism
"The Revel", said to have been sung by Irish soldiers dying of cholera in India in the 18th century. Versions appear in the database under the titles "Here's to the Last to Die" & "We Loop in the Purple Twilight".

We meet neath the sounding rafter,
And the walls around us are bare,
And the dead echo back our laughter,
For they know that we'll soon be there.

Then stand to your glasses steady.
This world is a world of lies.
Here's a sip to the dead already,
And a cup to the next that dies.