A tragic memorial date for US sailors..
  
	       The last regular liquor rations for the
  
	       US Navy were drunk August 31st,  1862.
    

	Come, messmates pass the bottle round
  
	Our time is short, remember,
  
	For our grog must stop and our spirits drop
  
	On the first day of September
    

	cho:    For tonight we'll merry, merry be,
  
		For tonight we'll merry, merry be,
  
		For tonight we'll merry, merry be,
  
		Tomorrow we'll be sober.
    

	"Farewell To Grog" composed by Caspar Schenk on August 31, 1862.
  
	(see DigTrad filename[ FARWLGRG)
  
	(The UK navy hung in there until 1970)
  

Does anybody know
1) If this was the origin of the tune &/or chorus?

2) The pipe call for "All hands to splice the main brace" as reported in the song?