Sussex Toast
This easy to remember English Drinking Song is fun to sing in a group and the lyrics can easily be changed to reflect the occasion. Lyrics I have drunk one and I will drink two Here sits one who’ll drink as much as you (chorus) More »
Barrett’s Privateers
This Canadian Drinking Song is best sung a capella in a group. The first line of each verse is called out by a lead singer and the group responds with “How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!” Sherbrooke is a city in southern Quebec. More »
Seven Drunken Nights
This is a traditional Irish Drinking Song and like many is sung loud and vibrantly. Depending on the location and band this song is sometimes sung faster than usual because of it’s length. This Irish drinking song is almost always sung in full. Lyrics As More »
21 English Drinking Songs
This complication contains 21 English Drinking Songs from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Many of the songs are sung in unison, but some have been composed to be sung as rounds (canons) in multiple parts. This compilation includes songs from Henry Purcell, Thomas Ravencroft, John More »
Top 10 Drinking Songs
Auld Lang Syne
Auld Lang Syne is probably one of the most famous Scottish Drinking Songs. Written by Scotland’s national poet and iconic figure Robert Burns, this Scottisch drinking song not only frequents the pubs
The Wild Rover (No Nay Never)
The Wild Rover is one of the staple Irish Drinking Songs. The song’s true origins are unknown, but this drinking song is one of the most well known found in Irish and Scottish pubs.
MacPherson’s Lament
“MacPherson’s Lament” is a 17th century Scottish Drinking Song composed by James MacPherson himself in Prison on the eve of his execution for cattle rustling. On the gallows he played this tune
Quare Bungle Rye
“Quare Bungle Rye” is a humorous English Drinking Song about rye whiskey. When a sailor Jack goes to purchase some fine rye whiskey a mixup occurs and he is given a baby
Lily the Pink
“Lily the Pink” is an Irish Drinking Song based on a bawdy Folk song “The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham,” which was traditionally sung in changing rooms by rugby teams after matches. Lyrics (Chorus) We’ll
Seven Drunken Nights
This is a traditional Irish Drinking Song and like many is sung loud and vibrantly. Depending on the location and band this song is sometimes sung faster than usual because of it’s
Simon the Cellarer
Drinking songs are not just for beer drinkers. Many of the most celebrated drinking songs, just like this Scottish Drinking Song, give praise to wine and its complexities. Lyrics Old Simon, the
Whiskey, O (John, Rise Her Up)
“Whiskey, O” sometimes referred to as “John, Rise Her Up” is an easy to learn American Drinking Song. Lyrics Whiskey is the life of man I’ll drink whiskey when I can, Whiskey,
Fields of Athenry
“Fields of Athenry” is an Irish Drinking Song set during the Great Irish Famine of 1845. It is the story of Michael, who has been punished for stealing food for his starving
Beethoven’s Trinklied No. 282
Ludwig van Beethoven was a musical genius, but he also had quite a sense of humor. In this German Drinking Song, as in some of his canons and other short pieces, he
