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INVITATION AND REPLY
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INVITATION AND REPLY
(Impromptu)
Come, fill, my friend, the bumper bright,
And give a parting pledge to sorrow,
Let's very merry be to-night,
And what the Gods decree to-morrow.
And give a parting pledge to sorrow,
Let's very merry be to-night,
And what the Gods decree to-morrow.
If I must fill more bumpers bright,
I give indeed a pledge to sorrow,
For I shall be dead-drunk to-night,
And sick as death itself to-morrow.
I give indeed a pledge to sorrow,
For I shall be dead-drunk to-night,
And sick as death itself to-morrow.
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