Here’s a Health to the Company

[Verse 1]
Kind friends and companions, together come rhyme
And raise up your voices in chorus with mine;
We will drink and be merry all grief to refrain
For we may and might never all meet here again

[Chorus]
So here's a health to the company and one to my lass
We will drink and be merry all out of one glass;
We will drink and be merry all grief to refrain
For we may and might never all meet here again

[Verse 2]
Here's a health to the wee lass that I love so well
For her style and her beauty, there's none can excel
A smile on her countenance as she sits on my knee
Oh there is none in this wide world as happy as me

[Chorus]
So here's a health to the company and one to my lass
We will drink and be merry all out of one glass;
We will drink and be merry all grief to refrain
For we may and might never all meet here again

[Verse 3]
Our ship lies at harbor, and ready to dock
I wish her safe landing, without shake or shock
And when we are sailing to the land of the free
Oh I will always remember your kindness to me

I have read that old proverb, I've read it so true
My love is as fair as the bright morning dew
I have read that old proverb, I suppose you have too
So good friends and companions I bid you adieu

[Chorus]
So here's a health to the company and one to my lass
We will drink and be merry all out of one glass;
We will drink and be merry all grief to refrain
For we may and might never all meet here again