242. Here’s a Health to the Company

Ballade traditionnelle, Irlande. Auteur inconnu.
Une version de cette chanson existe dans la bande son d’Assasin’s Creed 4 : Black Flag.

1. 
Kind_ friends and compa_nions, come join me in rhyme,
Come_ lift up your voi_ces, in chorus with mine,
Come_ lift up your voi_ces, all grief to refrain,
For we may or might ne_ver, all meet here again.

(Ch.)
Here's a health to the Company, and one to my lass,
Let us drink and be merry, all out of one glass,
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain,
For we may or might ne_ver, all meet here again.

2.
Here's a health to the dear_ lass, that I love so well,
For her style and her beau_ty, sure none can excel,
There's a smile on her countenance, as she sits on my knee,
There's no man in this wide world, as happy as me.
(Ch.)

3.
Our_ ship lies at an_chor, she's ready to dock,
I_ wish her safe lan_ding, without any shock,
If ever I should meet_ you, by land or by sea,
I will always remember, your kindness to me.
(Ch.)