Or how about this from the singing of the late Bill Price: Drinks Round Drinks round me boys, drinks round me boys Until it comes to me For the longer that we sit and drink The merrier we shall be Here's to the ploughman, who toils beneath the sun His ploughshare to his shoulder, he sings to everyone He ploughs his furrows daily, whatever the weather might be He drinks his beer daily, a hearty drinker he Drinks round me boys......etc Here's to the shepheard, who tends his flocks by day His shepheard dog beside him, he leads a life quite gay At evening into the ale house, to drink his fill he goes His shepheard dog beside him, the beer it freely flows Drinks round me boys......etc Here's to the faggot cutter, who works at home like me He starts to work at six o'clock, and quits whenever he please He cuts his wood in faggot bundles, and he lays it on the ground Then he takes a cord and binds it, drinks round me boys drinks round Drinks round me boys......etc I owe no debts, I pay no threats, no troubles to me mind I have no cradles for to rock, no babies for to mind I vow to lead me a single life, no matter where I roam Then no man in life can court my wife, when I am far from home Drinks round me boys......etc If I should marry a good looking girl, me friends would me deceive If I should marry an ugly girl, the boys would laugh at me If I should marry a big girl, she'd surely knock me down Small women are so damned cantankerous, as we have always found Drinks round me boys......etc Here's to the landlord, the founder of this feast Oh may he go right up to heaven, oh there to rest in peace You ne'er will find his equal, where 'ere we chance to roam Fill up your glass each land lass (?), this is our home from home Drinks round me boys......etc ~~~ -not too sure of the last line in the last verse. This is almost the same as shaneo's version, but not quite! G.
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