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What Shall We Drink?
Here's to a long life and a merry one,
A quick death and a happy one,
A good girl and a pretty one,
A cold bottle and—another one!—Anon
Here's to the girl, demure and bland.
In entertaining, apt and able;
Whose eyes look down, whene'er her hand
Caresses yours beneath the table!
—William E. S. Fales
Here's to the girl with eyes of blue.
Whose heart is kind and love is true!—Anon
A toast to the fellow who when he drinks deep
Gets royaUy mellow and then falls asleep!—Fales
Here's a health to you and yours who have done such things
for us and ours;and when we and ours have it in our powers to do
for you and yours what you and yours have done for us and ours,
then we and ours will do for you and yours what you and yours
have donefor ours.
—Old English Toast
A toast to the wise
And a toast to the foolish
A toast to your eyes—
May they never grow mulish!
Whate'er the hue of their eyes may be,
I'll drink to the girls this toast with thee!—Anon
Here's hoping your life may be happy and gay,
Some honest work done and some leisure for play.
And last—since I'm toasting your happiness true—
Here's hoping—here's hoping your friends may be few!
—MacAlarney
Here's to thee and thine.
Here's to me and mine—
May thine and thee
Like mine and me!
To our sweethearts and wives—may they never meet!
—Anon
May the last dollar soon have a successor.