Goodnight, and....

...joy be to you all.

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The Parting Glass
by Shaun Davey

(From Waking Ned)

"All the money that e're I had,
I spent it in good company;
and all the harm I've ever done-
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;
goodnight, and joy be to you all.

Fill to me the parting glass,
and drink a health what e're befalls;
Then gently rise and softly call
'goodnight and joy be to you all'.

Of all the comrades that e're I had,
-they're sorry for my going away;
and all the sweethearts that e're I had-
-they'd wish me one more day to stay.

Since it fell into my lot
that I should rise and you should not;
I gently rise and softly call;
'goodnight and joy be to you all.'

But since it fell into my lot
that I should rise and you should not
I gently rise and softly call,
'goodnight and joy be to you all'.

So fill to me the parting glass
and drink a health what e're befalls,
then gently rise and soflty call
'goodnight and joy be to you all'."