The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
“The Parting Glass” has roots in “Armstrong’s Farewell”, poem written by a Scottish Border Reiver on the occasion of his imminent execution for the murder of Sir John Carmichael, Warden of the Scottish West March, in the year 1600. It remains a hugely popular farewell song in Scotland and Ireland....
Oh, all the money that e'er I spent
I spent it in good company
And all the harm that I ever did
Alas, it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night, and joy be with you all
If I had money enough to spend
And leisure time to sit awhile
There is a fair maid in this town
That sorely has my heart beguiled
Her rosy cheeks and ruby lips
I own, she has my heart enthralled
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night, and joy be with you all
Oh, all the comrades that e'er I had
They're sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I had
They'd wish me one more day to stay
But since it falls unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and softly call
Good night, and joy be with you all
The Parting Glass was written by Traditional.