Come on, lads, and let's be jolly
Drive away all melancholy,
For, to grieve it would be folly,
While we are together

cho:Let union be in all our hearts,
Let all our hearts be joined as one
We'll end the day as we begun,
We'll end it all in pleasure

Right-folla-rolla-rye, too-ra-lie-doe (3x)
While we are together

Old King Solomon, in all his glory,
Told each wife a different story,
Of the things that we delight in,
While we are together
cho:

Eating and drinking are quite charming,
(or: courting and drinking, if you prefer)
Smoking and piping there's no harm in
(or: piping and dancing)
These are things we take delight in,
While we are together

cho:

Grab the bottle as it passes,
Do not fail to fill your glasses
(or: Come on, lads, and raise your glasses
Grab the bottle as it passes)
Water drinkers are dull asses,
While we are together

cho:
Cease your quarreling and fighting,
Evil thinking and backbiting
All these things take no delight in,
While we are together

cho:

given by Maddy De Leon,
and Mark Gilston, who learned it from Jim Mageean
It was originally a grange song and the original
chorus was:
Let union be in all our farms,
Let all our farms be joined as one
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