X:152
T:Parting Glass, The
R:
song
H:Slow, free rhythm
H:See also #38, #39
D:Len Graham & Joe Holmes: After Dawning
Z:id:hn-song-152
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=140
K:Dmix
(AG) | (F D3) E2 | D4 (DE) | F4 F2 | G4
(FG) | A4 d2 | (c A3) (AG) | F2 D4 | C4
(AG) | (F D3) E2 | D4 (DE) | F2 F4 | G4
(FG) | A4 d2 | (c A3) (AG) | F (D3 C2) | D4 ||
B2 | c4 B2 | c4 A2 | B4 c2 | d4
d2 | (d2 c2) A2 | (F2 G2) A2 | G2 F2 D2 | C4
(AG) | F4 D2 | D4 (DE) | F4 F2 | G4
(FG) | A4 d2 | (c A3) (AG) | F (D3 C2) | D4 ||
W:A man may drink and not be drunk,
W:A man may fight and not be slain,
W:A man may court a pretty girl,
W:And perhaps be welcome back again.
W:
W:But since it has so ordered been,
W:Be a time to rise and a time to fall,
W:So fill to me the parting glass,
W:Good night and joy be with you all.
W:
W:If I had the money for to spend,
W:I would spend it in good company,
W:And for all the harm that I have done,
W:I hope it's pardoned I will be.
W:
W:What I have done for want of wit
W:To memory I can't recall,
W:So fill to me the parting glass,
W:Good night and joy be with you all.
W:
W:My dearest dear, the time draws near,
W:When here no longer I can stay,
W:There's not a comrade I leave behind,
W:But it's grieving that I'm going away.
W:
W:But since it has so ordered been,
W:What is once past can't be recalled,
W:Now fill to me the parting glass,
W:Good night and joy be with you all.