COME, LET US DRINK ABOUT. English, Air (2/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Chappell's (1859) version comes from an annonymous half-sheet ballad, though he finds another version in Vocal Miscellany (vol. ii, 1734) and The Aviary (1745).
Come, let us drink about, And drive away all sorrow; For perhaps we may not, For perhaps we may not, For perhaps we may not Meet again tomorrow.
Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; p. 180.
X:1
T:Come, Let Us Drink About
L:1/8
M:2/4
S:Chappell - Popular Music of the Olden Time
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Eb
B2 B>A|G>A B2|E>E F>F|G2E2:|
F2 F>E|D>E F2|F2 F>A|G>A B2|
e2 e>d|c>d e>c|B>c B>A|G2E2||
