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A song once traditionally sung upon the completion of a gathering of friends. Is known to have been the most popular parting song in Scotland before the Robert Burns song Auld Lang Syne gained popularity.

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Of all the money that ever I had
I spent it in good company
And all the harm I've ever done
Alas it was to none but me

And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be to you all

So fill to me the parting glass
And drink a health whatever befall,
And gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be to you all

Of all the comrades that ever I had
They're sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that ever I had
They'd wish me one more day to stay

But since it fell unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be to you all

A man may drink and not be drunk
A man may fight and not be slain
A man may court a pretty girl
And perhaps be welcomed back again

But since it has so ought to be
By a time to rise and a time to fall
Come fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all

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from Auld Honest - The Spirit of Scottish Fiddling, released November 11, 2019

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