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 Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen;
 Here's to the widow of fifty;
  Here's to the flaunting, read more 
 Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen;
 Here's to the widow of fifty;
  Here's to the flaunting, extravagant quean;
   And here's to the housewife that's thrifty.
    (Chorus:) Let the toast pass,--
     Drink to the lass,
      I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass. 
May all your labors be in vein.
May all your labors be in vein.
 The bubble winked at me, and said,
 "You'll miss me brother, when you're dead."  
 The bubble winked at me, and said,
 "You'll miss me brother, when you're dead." 
 L'Abbe de Ville proposed a toast,
 His master, as the rising Sun:
  Reisbach then gave the Empress read more 
 L'Abbe de Ville proposed a toast,
 His master, as the rising Sun:
  Reisbach then gave the Empress Queen,
   As the bright moon and much praise won.
    The Earl of Stair, whose turn next came,
     Gave for his toast his own King Will,
      As Joshua the sun of Nun,
       Who made both Sun and Moon stand still. 
 I fill this cup to one made up
 Of loveliness alone,
  A woman, of her gentle sex
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 I fill this cup to one made up
 Of loveliness alone,
  A woman, of her gentle sex
   The seeming paragon;
    To whom the better elements
     And kindly stars have given
      A form so fair that, like the air,
       'Tis less of earth than heaven. 
 The wind that blows, the ship that goes
 And the lass the loves a sailor.  
 The wind that blows, the ship that goes
 And the lass the loves a sailor. 
 Here's to you, as good as you are,
 And here's to me, as bad as I am;
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 Here's to you, as good as you are,
 And here's to me, as bad as I am;
  But as good as you are, and as bad as I am,
   I am as good as your are, as bad as I am. 
 Drink to me only with thine eyes,
 And I will pledge with mine;
  Or leave a kiss read more 
 Drink to me only with thine eyes,
 And I will pledge with mine;
  Or leave a kiss but in the cup,
   And I'll not look for wine. 
 To the old, long life and treasure;
 To the young, all health and pleasure.  
 To the old, long life and treasure;
 To the young, all health and pleasure.