This is my alltime fav Irish drinking song! Why? cause when I was an activities director in a nursing home years back, I was going through the back lounge, hummimg, where the folks were lined up around the TV, dozing or looking at nothing with vacant stares. I came back through singing the lyrics--all for me grog--and the folks literally woke up as if from a stupor, smiled, waved their hands in time, laughed, and enjoyed the song. Not too much later, I had my Ceoli band play for the whole house. I never had so many of my residents--including many bed-bound folks--in attendance for an activity. The power of Music!