Fiddler's Green

The Parting Glass
Of all the money that ever I spent I spent it in good company And all the harm that ever I've 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 Good night and joy be to you all Of all the comrades that ever I had They are sorry for my going away And all the sweethearts that ever I had They'd wish me one more day to stay But since it fell unto my lot That I should rise and you should not I'll gently rise and softly call Good night and joy be to you all A man may drink and not be drunk A man may fight and not be slain A man may court a pretty girl And perhaps be welcomed back again But since it has so ordered been By a time to rise and a time to fall Come fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be to you all Good night and joy be to you all Aus Songtexte Mania