Down Among the Dead Men
words
John Dyer (1700-58); music traditional
Here's a health to the Queen and a lasting peace, To faction an end, to wealth
increase; Come, let us drink it while we have breath, For there's no drinking
after death, And he that will this health deny, Down
among the dead men, Down among the dead men, Down, down, down, down, Down
among the dead men let him lie.
Let
charming Beauty's health go round, In whom celestial joys are found; And
may confusion still pursue, The senseless woman hating crew, And they that
woman's health deny; May
love and wine their joys maintain, And their united pleasures reign; While
smiling plenty crowns the land, We'll sing the joys that both afford: And
they that won't with us comply,
KEY verse/chorus:
Background: English song that dates back to the 1700s.
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