1. Here's to the lad drinks water pure and goes to bed quite sober,
Here's to the lad drinks water pure and goes to bed quite sober,
He falls as the leaves do fall, he falls as the leaves do fall,
He falls as the leaves do fall, so early in October.
2. Here's to the lad who drinks dark ale and goes to bed quite mellow,
Here's to the lad who drinks dark ale and goes to bed quite mellow,
He lives as he ought to live, he lives as he ought to live,
He lives as he ought to live, he'll die a happy fellow.
3. Here's to the lass who steals a kiss and runs to tell her mother,
Here's to the lass who steals a kiss and runs to tell her mother,
She does a very foolish thing, she does a very foolish thing,
She does a very foolish thing, for she'll not get another.
4. Here's to the lass who steals a kiss and lingers for another,
Yes, here's to the lass who steals a kiss and lingers for another,
She's a boon to all mankind, She's a boon to all mankind,
She's a boon to all mankind, For soon she'll be a mother.
