The Parting Glass Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Of all the money that e'er I had
I've spent it in good company
And all the harm that ever I done
Alas it was to none but me

[Chorus 1]
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]
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

[Chorus 2]
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

[Verse 3]
If I had money enough to spend
And leisure to sit awhile
There is a fair maid in the town
That sorely has my heart beguiled
[Chorus 3]
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

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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 merry social occasions, has not lost its implied relevance to humankind’s ultimate, mortal farewell.

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Credits
Recorded At
Elephant Studios London
Release Date
August 19, 1985
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