Here's a Health to the Company

Kind friends and companions, come join me in rhyme
Come lift up your voices in chorus with mine
Come drink and be merry from grief we'll refrain
For we know or not when we will all meet again

So here's a health to the company, and one to my lass
We'll drink and be merry all out of one glass
We'll drink and be merry from grief we'll refrain
For we know or not when we will all meet again

And here's a health to the fair lass that I love so well
Her spirit and beauty there's none can excel
She smiles on my countenance as she sits on my knee
There is no one on Earth who's as happy as me

So here's a health to the company, and one to my lass
We'll drink and be merry all out of one glass
We'll drink and be merry from grief we'll refrain
For we know or not when we will all meet again

And now my ships lies in harbour and she's ready to dock
And I wish her safe landing without any shock
And if I should leave you by land or by sea
I will always remember your kindness to me

So here's a health to the company, and one to my lass
We'll drink and be merry all out of one glass
We'll drink and be merry from grief we'll refrain
For we know or not when we will all meet again