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 May the hinges of friendship never rust, or the wings of luve 
lose a feather.  
 May the hinges of friendship never rust, or the wings of luve 
lose a feather. 
 But the standing toast that pleased me most
 Was, "The wind that blows, the ship that goes,
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 But the standing toast that pleased me most
 Was, "The wind that blows, the ship that goes,
  And the lass that loves a sailor!" 
 May your glass be ever full
 May the roof over your head be always strong,
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 May your glass be ever full
 May the roof over your head be always strong,
  And may you be in heaven
   Half an hour before the devil knows you're dead. 
 Here's to Great Britain, the sun that gives light to all nations 
of the world.  
 Here's to Great Britain, the sun that gives light to all nations 
of the world. 
 You to the left and I to the right,
 For the ways of men must sever--
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 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. 
 There's a health to poverty; it sticks by us when all friends 
forsake us.  
 There's a health to poverty; it sticks by us when all friends 
forsake us. 
 St. Leon raised his kindling eye,
 And lifts the sparkling cup on high;
  "I drink to one," read more 
 St. Leon raised his kindling eye,
 And lifts the sparkling cup on high;
  "I drink to one," he said,
   "Whose image never may depart,
    Deep graven on this grateful heart,
     Till memory be dead."
      . . . .
       St. Leon paused, as if he would
        Not breathe her name in careless mood
         Thus lightly to another;
          Then bent his noble head, as though
           To give the word the reverence due,
            And gently said, "My mother!" 
 Here's to old Adam's crystal ale,
 Clear sparkling and divine,
  Fair H2O, long may you flow,
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 Here's to old Adam's crystal ale,
 Clear sparkling and divine,
  Fair H2O, long may you flow,
   We think your health (in wine). 
 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.