Drink It Down

DESCRIPTION: "Here's success to Port, drink it down, drink it down (x2)... For it warms the heart for sport." "Here's success to sherry... makes the heart beat merry." And so forth, for whisky, cider, brandy, ale, punch, porter, water
AUTHOR: Julien Carle? (source: McNeil-SouthernMountainFolksong)
EARLIEST DATE: 1862 (The Campfire Songster, according to Silber-SongsOfTheCivilWar); 1853 (according to McNeil-SouthernMountainFolksong)
KEYWORDS: drink nonballad wordplay
FOUND IN: Australia US(So) Canada
REFERENCES (7 citations):
Silber-SongsOfTheCivilWar, pp. 189-190, "Drink It Down" (1 text, 1 tune)
McNeil-SouthernMountainFolksong, pp. 154-157, "Drink 'er Down" (1 text, 1 tune)
Fahey-Joe-Watson-AustralianTraditionalFolkSinger, [p. 20, page headed "Drinking Song:"], "(no title)" (1 short text, a racy verse that opens "Here's to the good old brandy")
Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang, pp. 41-42, "Here's to the Good Old Beer" (1 text)
Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver, p. 87, "Here's to the Good Old Beer" (1 text)
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, p. 20, "Here's to Good Old Beer" (1 text)
Fuld-BookOfWorldFamousMusic, p. 272, "Here's to --- and --- (Drink It Down, Drink It Down)"
Roud #17004
SAME TUNE:
Boys In Blue, Fall In Line ("Wake up, gallant boys in blue, Fall in line! Fall in line!) (Garfield and Arthur Campaign Song Book 1880, p.23)
File: SCWF189

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