The Parting Glass

Lyrics

The fire is out and the moon is down The parting glass is dry and done And I must go and leave this town Before the rising of the sun But long is the road and many is the mile Before I rest my soul again With girls that weep and girls that smile At all the words and ways of men Of all the friends who joined the song I'm sorry for their going away The parting that's forever long Leaves but their lasting memory But finer men have raised the glass In chorus with the company And all too soon their time has passed Lost voices in the harmony For some there are who may not bide But wander 'till the journey's end Nor take a girl to be a bride Nor keep a man to be a friend But when I'm done with wandering I will sit beside the road and weep For all the songs I did not sing And the purposes I did not keep