Classic Poem

Tosse the pot, tosse the pot, let us be merry,
And drink till our cheeks be red as a cherry.
We take no thought, we have no care,
For still we spend and never spare,
Till of all our money our purse is bare,
 We ever tosse the pot.

   Chorus . Tosse the pot, tosse the pot, etc.

We drink, carous with hart most free,
A harty draught I drinke to thee;
Then fill the pot again to me,
 And ever tosse the pot.

   Chorus . Tosse the pot, etc.

And when our mony is all spent,
Then sell our goods and spend our rent,
Or drinke it up with one consent,
 And ever tosse the pot.

   Chorus. Tosse the pot, etc.

When all is gone we have no more,
Then let us set it on the score,
Or chalk it up behinde the dore,
 And ever tosse the pot.

   Chorus. Tosse the pot, etc.

And when our credit is all lost,
Then may we goe and kisse the post,
And eat browne bread in steed of rost,
 And ever tosse the pot.

   Chorus. Tosse the pot, etc.

Let us conclude as we began,
And tosse the pot from man to man,
And drinke as much now as we can,
 And ever tosse the pot.

Chorus Tosse the pot, tosse the pot, let us be merry,
 And drinke till our cheeks be as red as a cherry.