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DRINKING SONG, FR. THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen
Last Line: I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for a glass.
Variant Title(s): Let The Toast Pass;drinking Song By Sir Harry Bumper;song And Chorus
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Women; Wine


Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen;
Here's to the widow of fifty;
Here's to the flaunting extravagant quean,
And here's to the housewife that's thrifty.
Chorus. Let the toast pass, --
Drink to the lass,
I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for a glass.

Here's to the charmer whose dimples we prize;
Now to the maid who has none, sir;
Here's to the girl with a pair of blue eyes,
And here's to the nymph with but one, sir.
Chorus. Let the toast pass, --
Drink to the lass,
I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for a glass.

Here's to the maid with a bosom of snow:
Now to her that's as brown as a berry:
Here's to the wife with a face full of woe,
And now to the damsel that's merry.
Chorus. Let the toast pass, --
Drink to the lass,
I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for a glass.

For let 'em be clumsy, or let 'em be slim,
Young or ancient, I care not a feather;
So fill a pint bumper quite up to the brim,
So fill up your glasses, nay, fill to the brim,
And let us e'en toast them together.
Chorus. Let the toast pass, --
Drink to the lass,
I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for a glass.





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