Glorious! Victorious!

DESCRIPTION: "Glorious! Victorious! (Half) a (case of beer/bottle of gin) between the four of us. Thank the Lord there are no more of us." (Cause we could drink it all alone.) "Oh they had to carry ... to the ferry... 'cause the couldn't carry any more."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling)
KEYWORDS: drink
FOUND IN: Ireland Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 67, "(Glorious!)" (1 short text)
Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang, p. 60, "Glorious" (1 short text)
Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar, p. 313, "Glorious" (1 short text)
Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe, p. 183, "The Home Guard Song" (1 text, tune referenced, starting with a "Drunk Last Night" verse, then a verse of "Glorious! Victorious!" to a tune listed as "Not Last Night But the Night Before")
Roud #26338
File: PKKB067B

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