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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. 
 And he that will this health deny,
 Down among the dead men let him lie.  
 And he that will this health deny,
 Down among the dead men let him lie. 
 You to the left and I to the right,
 For the ways of men must sever--
  And read more 
 You to the left and I to the right,
 For the ways of men must sever--
  And it may be for a day and a night,
   And it well may be forever.
    But whether we meet or whether we part,
     (For our ways are past our knowing)
      A pledge from the heart to its fellow heart,
       On the ways we all are going!
        Here's luck!
         For we know not where we are going. 
 Weren't the last drop in the well,
 As I gasp'd upon the brink,
  Ere my fainting spirit read more 
 Weren't the last drop in the well,
 As I gasp'd upon the brink,
  Ere my fainting spirit fell,
   'Tis to thee that I would drink. 
 A glass is good, and a lass is good,
 And a pipe to smoke in cold weather;
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 A glass is good, and a lass is good,
 And a pipe to smoke in cold weather;
  The world is good and the people are good,
   And we're all good fellows together. 
 First pledge our Queen this solemn night,
 Then drink to England, every guest;
  That man's the best read more 
 First pledge our Queen this solemn night,
 Then drink to England, every guest;
  That man's the best Cosmopolite
   Who knows his native country best. 
Our country, however bounded.
Our country, however bounded.
 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." 
 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.