One Bumper at Parting
DESCRIPTION: "One bumber at parting! -- though many Have circled the board since we met." "As onward we journey, how pleasant To pause and inhabit a while The few sunny spots like the present." So drink; there won't be that many more chances
AUTHOR: Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
EARLIEST DATE: 1901 (Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster)
KEYWORDS: drink nonballad
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Moore-IrishMelodies-1846, pp. 109-111, "One Bumper at Parting" (1 text)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, pp. 44-45, "One Bumper at Parting" (1 text)
Roud #12872
File: HMHS044C
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