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A drinking song is a song sung while drinking
Drinking Songs Sheet Music
Hash House Harrier songbook
An Anthology 120 Of Drinking Songs, complete online book by Theodore Maynard circa 1919
A drinking song is a song sung while drinking alcohol
Alcohol most commonly refers to:
* Alcohol (chemistry), an organic compound in which a hydroxyl group is bound to a carbon atom
* Alcohol (drug), an intoxicant found in alcoholic drinks
Alcohol may also refer to:
Chemicals
* Ethanol, one of sev ...
. Most drinking songs are folk songs
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has be ...
or commercium song
Commercium songs are traditional academic songs that are sung during academic feasts: commercia and tablerounds.
Some very old commercium songs are in Latin, like '' Meum est propositum'' or '' Gaudeamus igitur''.
In some countries, hundreds ...
s, and may be varied from person to person and region to region, in both the lyrics and in the music.
In Germany, drinking songs are called ''Trinklieder''.
In Sweden, where they are called ''dryckesvisor'', there are drinking songs associated with Christmas
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, Midsummer
Midsummer is a celebration of the season of summer usually held at a date around the summer solstice. It has pagan pre-Christian roots in Europe.
The undivided Christian Church designated June 24 as the feast day of the early Christian mart ...
, and other celebrations. An example of such a song is "Helan går
Helan går is a popular Swedish language, Swedish drinking song, or snapsvisa. ''Helan'' ("the whole") is an expression signifying the first (small) glass of spirit (commonly akvavit or vodka) in a series, and ''går'' means "goes (down)"; loosely ...
".
In Spain, Asturias, patria querida
"" (, ast, Asturies, patria querida) is the official anthem of the autonomous community of Asturias, in Spain.
This adaptation of a much slower song from the neighbouring lands of Cantabria ("") was appointed as official anthem after a contest ...
(the anthem of Asturias
Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in nor ...
) is usually depicted as a drinking song.
In France, historical types of drinking songs are Chanson pour boire
''Chanson pour boire'' and ''chanson à boire'' are terms for French drinking songs, frequently coupled with ''chanson pour danser'' (or "song for dancing"). It was used in from about 1627–1670. It is different from the ''air à boire'' primaril ...
and Air à boire ''Air à boire'' is a French language, French term which was used between the mid-17th and mid-18th centuries for a "drinking song". These were generally strophic, syllabic songs to light texts. Its predecessor was ''chanson pour boire'', the differ ...
.
History
The first record of a drinking song dates to the 11th century, and derives from theCarmina Burana
''Carmina Burana'' (, Latin for "Songs from Benediktbeuern" 'Buria'' in Latin is a manuscript of 254 poems and dramatic texts mostly from the 11th or 12th century, although some are from the 13th century. The pieces are mostly bawdy, irreverent ...
, a 13th-century historical collection of poems, educational songs, love sonnets and "entertainment" or drinking songs.
In popular culture
Musical artist Homebrew Stew (Rich Stewart) wrote a magazine article in the November 2002 issue ofModern Drunkard
''Modern Drunkard'' is a glossy color periodical humorously promoting the lifestyle of the "functional alcoholic".
History
Frank Kelly Rich founded ''Modern Drunkard'' in 1996. The first issue was 16 photocopied pages with made-up ads; in 20 ...
titled "Rhythm and Booze: The Top 86 Drinking Songs".
Traditional drinking songs
English
* "99 Bottles of Beer
"99 Bottles of Beer" or "100 Bottles of Pop on the Wall" is a song dating to the mid-20th century. It is a traditional reverse counting song in both the United States and Canada. It is popular to sing on road trips, as it has a very repetitive ...
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* " Barnacle Bill the Sailor"
* "Barrett's Privateers
"Barrett's Privateers" is a modern folk song in the style of a sea shanty, written and performed by Canadian musician Stan Rogers, having been inspired after a song session with the Friends of Fiddler's Green at the Northern Lights Festival Bor ...
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* "The Barley Mow
''The Barley Mow'' (Roud 944) is a cumulative song celebrated in the traditions of folk music of England, Ireland, and Scotland. William Chappell transcribed the lyrics in his two-volume work ''The Ballad Literature and Popular Music of the Olden ...
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* "Beer, Beer, Beer
"Beer, Beer, Beer", also titled "An Ode to Charlie Mops - The Man Who Invented Beer" and "Charlie Mops", is a folk song originating in the British Isles. The song is often performed as a drinking song and is intended as a tribute to the mythical in ...
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* " California Drinking Song"
* "Engineers' Drinking Song "Godiva's Hymn", "Engineer's Hymn" or "Engineers' Drinking Song" is a traditional drinking song for North American engineers. Versions of it have been associated with the Army Corps of Engineers, as well as MIT, MTU, and various other universitie ...
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* "Fathom the Bowl
"Fathom the Bowl" (Roud 880) is an English drinking song dating from the nineteenth century.
Synopsis
With a "Come all ye" opening, the singer invites heroes to join him in praise of punch. There is a catalogue of the ingredients that come from ...
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* " Friends in Low Places"
* "Good Ship Venus
"Good Ship Venus", also known as "Friggin' in the Riggin", is a bawdy drinking song devised to shock with ever increasingly lewd and debauched sexual descriptions of the eponymous ship's loose-moraled crew. The tune usually used (especially for t ...
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* "I Used to Work in Chicago "I Used to Work in Chicago" is a drinking song. It was written by songwriter and entertainer Larry Vincent. The earliest printed date for the song is March 1945 in the underground mimeographed songbook ''Songs of the Century'', however versions of ...
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* "If You're Happy and You Know It "If You're Happy and You Know It" is a popular repetitive children's and drinking song. The song has been noted for its similarities to "Molodejnaya", a song appearing in the 1938 Soviet musical film ''Volga-Volga''.
History
The origin of the melo ...
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* "Lanigan's Ball
"Lanigan's Ball" (sometimes "Lannigan's Ball") is a popular traditional or folk Irish song which has been played throughout the world since at least the 1860s and possibly much longer. Typically performed in a minor key, it generally is played i ...
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* "Limericks
A limerick ( ) is a form of verse, usually humorous and frequently rude, in five-line, predominantly trimeter with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, in which the first, second and fifth line rhyme, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and ...
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* " Little Brown Jug"
* "Seven Drunken Nights
"Seven Drunken Nights" is a humorous Irish Folk music, folk song most famously performed by The Dubliners. It is a variation of the Scottish folk song "Our Goodman" (Francis James Child, Child 274, Roud Folk Song Index, Roud 114). It tells the ...
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* " The Goddamned Dutch"
* " The S&M Man"
* " Walking Down Canal Street"
* "Whiskey in the Jar
"Whiskey in the Jar" ( Roud 533) is an Irish traditional song set in the southern mountains of Ireland, often with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry. The song, about a rapparee ( highwayman) who is betrayed by his wife or lover, is ...
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* "The Wild Rover
"The Wild Rover" (Roud 1173) is a very popular and well-travelled folk song. Many territories have laid claim to have the original version.
History
In 2015 the English Folk Song and Dance periodical "Folk Music Journal" vol 10 No 5 had an artic ...
"Other
* " Bevilo tutto" (Italian song) * "Drobna drabnitsa Drobna drabnitsa ( be, «Дробна драбніца»; en, «Trifle of trifles») is a Belarusian drinking song. The literal translation of the title would be "trifle of trifles", but in this context would mean something like en, "diddle-a-didd ...
" (Belarusian song)
* " Ein Heller und ein Batzen"
* "Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder
"Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder" (''Bommerlunder On The Rocks'') is a German drinking song by the group Die Toten Hosen. The song is repeated over and over, each time the song is sung quicker and a pitch higher, until performers can not sing anymore.
...
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*"Helan Går
Helan går is a popular Swedish language, Swedish drinking song, or snapsvisa. ''Helan'' ("the whole") is an expression signifying the first (small) glass of spirit (commonly akvavit or vodka) in a series, and ''går'' means "goes (down)"; loosely ...
" (Swedish)
* "Libiamo ne' lieti calici
"" (; "Let's drink from the joyful cups") is a famous duet with chorus from Giuseppe Verdi's ''La traviata'' (1853), one of the best-known opera melodies and a popular performance choice (as is this opera itself) for many great tenors and sopranos ...
" from "La Traviata
''La traviata'' (; ''The Fallen Woman'') is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on ''La Dame aux camélias'' (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas ''fils'' adapted from his own 18 ...
" by "Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...
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Lieder
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...
wrote several lied
In Western classical music tradition, (, plural ; , plural , ) is a term for setting poetry to classical music to create a piece of polyphonic music. The term is used for any kind of song in contemporary German, but among English and French s ...
er (art songs) known as "Trinklied":
* 75, Cantata "Trinklied" Freunde, sammelt euch im Kreise'for bass, men's choir and piano (1813)
* D 148 (Op. posth. 131, No. 2), Cantata "Trinklied" Brüder! unser Erdenwallen'for tenor, men's choir and piano (1815)
* D 169, Chorus "Trinklied vor der Schlacht" Schlacht, du brichst an!'for double unison choir and piano (1815)
* D 183, Cantata "Trinklied" Ihr Freunde und du gold’ner Wein'for voice, unison choir and piano (1815)
* D 242, Trio "Trinklied im Winter" Das Glas gefüllt!'
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for two tenors and bass (1815, 1st setting; D deest is the 2nd setting, with a different title)
* D 267, Quartet "Trinklied" Auf! Jeder sei nun froh und sorgenfrei!'for two tenors, two basses and piano (1815)
* D 356, Quartet "Trinklied" Funkelnd im Becher so helle, so hold'for two tenors, two basses and piano (1816, fragment)
* D 426, Trio "Trinklied (Herr Bacchus ist ein braver Mann)" Herr Bacchus ist ein braver Mann'for two tenors and bass (1816, lost)
* D 427, Trio "Trinklied im Mai" Bekränzet die Tonnen'for two tenors and bass (1816)
* D 847, Quartet "Trinklied aus dem 16. Jahrhundert" Edit Nonna, edit Clerus'for two tenors and two basses (1825)
* D 888, Song "Trinklied" Bacchus, feister Fürst des Weins'for voice and piano (1826)
See also
*Brindisi
Brindisi ( , ) ; la, Brundisium; grc, Βρεντέσιον, translit=Brentésion; cms, Brunda), group=pron is a city in the region of Apulia in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea.
Histo ...
* Snapsvisa
A snapsvisa (Swedish, plural: snapsvisor) is a traditional Scandinavian drinking song, which is often sung before drinking a small shot of spirit that is called a ''snaps''.
A typical snapsvisa is a short, vigorous song; its lyrics usually tell ...
References
External links
Drinking Songs Sheet Music
Hash House Harrier songbook
An Anthology 120 Of Drinking Songs, complete online book by Theodore Maynard circa 1919
Notes
* Cray, Ed. ''The Erotic Muse: American Bawdy Songs'' (University of Illinois, 1992). * Legman, Gershon. ''The Horn Book''. (New York: University Press, 1964). * Reuss, Richard A. ''An Annotated Field Collection of Songs From the American College Student Oral Tradition'' (Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Masters Thesis, 1965). {{Authority control Drinking culture * Articles containing video clips Song forms Sing-along