Lyrics from a broadside in the Bodleian collection: Harding B 25(762) “between 1820 and 1824”


GOOD NIGHT AND JOY BE WITH YOU ALL.
Printed for W. Armstrong, Banastre-street [Liverpool].

All the money e’er I had, I spent it in good company,
And all the harm that e’er I did, I hope excusèd I will be,
And what I’ve done for want of wit, to my memory I can’t recall,
So fill us up a parting glass; good night and joy be with you all.

If I had money for to spend, or time and place to stop a while,
There is a fair maid in this town, and fain I would her heart beguile,
For her ruby lips and cherry cheeks have stole my tender heart away,
So fill up a parting glass, for here no longer can I stay.

My dearest dear, do not be coy, nor treat your love with cold disdain,
For though that I shall go away, perhaps I may return again;
And if that I return again, I will enjoy my own dear lass,
And we will tie the nuptial knot, at the drinking of a joining glass.