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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TOAST: A SEA SONG, by CHARLES CAPRON MARSH
First Line: Come drink to the toast that I give ye
Last Line: Drink health to our sweethearts and wives.
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Sailing & Sailors; Toasts; Water; Wine
First Line: Come drink to the toast that I give ye
Last Line: Drink health to our sweethearts and wives.
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Sailing & Sailors; Toasts; Water; Wine
COME drink to the toast that I give ye,
A toast that in every land thrives;
Come fill up your glasses, and with me
Drink health to our sweethearts and wives.
And let us here gather together,
As bees seek at evening their hives,
And careless of wind and of weather
Drink health to our sweethearts and wives.
The gale may be howling above us,
We'll laugh while our vessel survives;
We'll sing of the dear ones that love us,
And drink to our sweethearts and wives.
A hundred long leagues of wild waters
Keep us from the pride of our lives;
So drink to the fishermen's daughters,
Drink health to our sweethearts and wives.
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