Health to the company

Kind friends and companions, come join me in rhyme
Come lift up your voices in chorus with mine
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never meet here again

So here's a health to the company, and one for my lass
Let us drink and be merry, all out of one glass
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never meet here again

A ship lies at harbour, she's ready to dock
I wish for safe landing without any shock
And if we should meet again, by land or by sea
I will always remember your kindness to me

So here's a health to the company, and one for my lass
Let us drink and be merry, all out of one glass
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never meet here again

My footsteps may falter, my wit it may fail
My course may be challenged by November gale
E'er fortune shall prove to be friend or be foe
You will always be with me wherever I go

So here's a health to the company, and one for my lass
Let us drink and be merry, all out of one glass
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we might or may never meet here again

Copyright: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer(s): DP, DP DP, Ritchie Blackmore