by Thomas Shadwell (1642? - 1692)
Drink on
Language: English
Come, lay by your cares, and hang up your sorrow; Drink on, he's a sot that e'er thinks on to-morrow; Good store of good claret supplies everything, And the man that is drunk is as great as a king. Let none at misfortune or losses repine. But take a full dose of the juice of the vine; Diseases and troubles are ne'er to be found, But in the damned place where the glass goes not round.
Authorship:
- by Thomas Shadwell (1642? - 1692), appears in The Miser, first published 1692 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Drink on", 2012 [baritone and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2017-11-13
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Word count: 76