Kind friends and companions, come join me in rhyme
Come lift up your voices in chorus with mine
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never all meet here again
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Let us drink and be merry all out of one glass
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never all meet here again
Here's a health to the dear lass that I love so well
Her style and her beauty, sure none can excel
There's a smile on her countenance as she sits on my knee
Sure there's no one in the wide world as happy as we
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Let us drink and be merry all out of one glass
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never all meet here again
Our ship lies at harbor, she's ready to dock
I hope she's safe landed without any shock
If ever we should meet again by land or by sea
I will not forget your kindness to me
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Let us drink and be merry all out of one glass
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never all meet here again
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass
(Let us drink and be merry all out of one glass)
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass
(Let us drink and be merry all grief to refrain)
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass
(For we may or might never all meet here again)
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Let us drink and be merry all out of one glass
(Here's a health to the company and one to my lass)
Let us drink and be merry all grief to refrain
(Here's a health to the company and one to my lass)
For we may or might never all meet here again
(Here's a health to the company and one to my lass)
My footsteps may falter -- my wit, it might fail
My course may be challenged by the worst northern gale
E'er fortune should prove to be my friend or my foe
You will always be with me wherever I go.
Here's a health to the company, one to my lass
Let us drink and be merry all out of one glass
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never all meet here again
We may or might never all meet here again