Down Among the Dead Men

English traditional

Here's a health to the Queen and a lasting peace:
to faction an end, to wealth increase!
Come, let us drink it while we have breath,
for there's no drinking after death;
and he that will this health deny,
down among the dead men,
down among the dead men,
down, down, down, down,
down among the dead men let him lie!
In smiling Bacchus' joys I'll roll,
deny no pleasure to my soul.
Let Bacchus' health 'round quickly move,
for Bacchus is a friend to love.
Let love and wine their rights maintain,
and their united pleasures reign:
while Bacchus' treasures crown the board,
we'll drink the joys that both afford!