The Parting Glass Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Of all the money that e'er I had
I spent it in good company
And all the harm that e'er 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 with you all

[Verse 2]
Of all the comrades that e'er I had
They are sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I had
They would 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 I'll softly call
Good night and joy be with you all


[Verse 3]
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 ought to be
By a time to rise and a time to fall
Come fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all
Good night and joy be with you all

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“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.

Despite being commonly sung at the close of merry social occasions, the song has not lost its implied relevance to humankind’s ultimate, mortal farewell.

This is the only Ghost Track/Hidden Track of the album: it doesn’t appear on the tracklist.

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Release Date
September 9, 2011
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