The Apostle Paulus, in his first letter to the Corinthians, rejects a certain everyday philosophy: "Let us eat, drink, and be merry; tomorrow we will de dead".
This refers to a certain kind of Greek drinking songs called skolia (sing. skolion). The oldest one is preserved on a tombstone of the 1st century A.D., with tune.
Transliteration of the Greek text:
Hoson zês, phainou:
Mêden holôs syllypou.
Pros oligon esti to zên,
To telos ho chronos apaitei.
English translation:
As you are living, appear so;
Don't be dreary too much.
Life is only for short,
The end Time will bring.
The tune, though archaic, is easy to sing and not too merry.

Wilfried