Arky's Toast ( Live)

from This Side Of The Ocean by The Friends of Fiddler’s Green

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This was learned by Alistair from a now extinct album of seasonal songs, called "Maypoles to Mistletoe" and was sung by a group also called "Arky's Toast". Apart from its obvious purpose of providing a series of spurious excuses to bend the elbow, this particular performance is memorable for the enthusiastic audience member at this Chicago concert who sang lustily and loudly throughout, and just a few beats behind everyone else.

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We'll drink to the downfall of tyrants
We'll drink to Christ the Lord
We'll drink to the twelve apostles who preached His holy word
We'll drink to the saints and martyrs in the dismal days of yore
And whenever our glasses are empty we'll remember one saint more

We'll drink a health to the king me boys
We'll drink a health to the queen
We'll drink to the royal princes wherever they are seen
We'll drink to the dukes and the duchesses and all the royal men
And whenever our glasses are empty, we'll fill them up again

And now we'll drink to the ladies
And all their glorious charms
We'll drink to the pleasure that we find when we are in their arms
We'll hold them very tight me boys but we will make it clear
It's goodbye on the day when they will say they will keep us from our beer

We'll drink to the master and mistress
And their glorious harvest feast
We'll raise our glasses high me boys to the strength of malt and yeast
We'll drink a health to the landlord and his beer so strong and fine
And we hope that he forgets to shout when it comes to closing time

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from This Side Of The Ocean, released December 28, 2021
David - Lead vocals • Alistair - Harmony vocals • Chorus - lan, Jim, Tam, Grit, Laurence

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Laurence Stevenson Brighton, Ontario

Having been born in Scotland and moved to Canada in my high school years, my life has followed parallel (but musically related) paths.
A career in radio, firstly as a radio news tech then a sound effects guy to creator of the CBC Radio Experimental Audio Room and finally as an international award winning radio producer for the popular show, Outfront, has been tracked alongside a life as a fiddler. ... more

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