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May we never want a friend or a bottle to share
it with him.
H ere's to those I love,
H ere's to those who love me,
Here's to those who love those I love,
And here's to t hose who love those who love me.
H ere 's a toast to all "·ho a re here,
No ma tter where you a re from ;
J\Iay the best d ay you have ever seen
Be worse than your worst t o come .
Happy are we me t, happy h ave we been, happy
may we part, a nd happy meet again .
If
I should die to-night, a nd you come to my
cold cor pse and say, weeping a nd heartsick o'er
my lifeless clay, and you should come in dee pest
grief a nd woe, and say, "Here's that fiver I owe ,"
I migh t a rise in my coffin, a nd say," What's tha t?"
If
I should die to-ni ght, a nd you should come to
my cold cor pse and kneel, clasping my bier, to
show the grief yo u feel, I say if I should die to-night,
a nd you s hould come to me, a nd there a nd then
just even hint abou t p aying me that fi ver, I might
arise the wh ile, but I 'd drop dead again .
To-morrow can wait;
Let us h ave wine a nd women, mirth and la ughter,
Sermons a nd soda water t he day a fter.
Drink While You Can.
Drink to-clay a n d drown all sorrow,
Yo u sha ll p erh aps no t do it to-morrow.
Best while you have it use your breath,
There is no drinking after death.
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