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A drinking song is a song sung while drinking

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or commercium songs, 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

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Helan går Helan går is a popular 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 translated as, " ...

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) is usually depicted as a drinking song. In France, historical types of drinking songs are Chanson pour boire and Air à boire.

History

The first record of a drinking song dates to the 11th century, and derives from the

Carmina 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, irreveren ...

, 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 of Modern Drunkard titled "Rhythm and Booze: The Top 86 Drinking Songs".

Traditional drinking songs

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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 "Barnacle Bill the Sailor" (Roud 4704) is an American drinking song adapted from "Bollocky Bill the Sailor", a traditional folk song originally titled "Abraham Brown".Cray, Ed. (1992) ''The Erotic Muse: American Bawdy Songs''. University of Illin ...

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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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California Drinking Song "California Drinking Song" is a spirit song from the University of California, Berkeley. The first appearances of this song are traced to 1939. Both the UC Men's Octet and the University of California Marching Band perform it as part of their reper ...

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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 universiti ...

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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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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 ...

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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 o ...

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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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Seven Drunken Nights "Seven Drunken Nights" is a humorous Irish folk song most famously performed by The Dubliners. It is a variation of the Scottish folk song " Our Goodman" (Child 274, Roud 114). It tells the story of a gullible drunkard returning night after nig ...

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The Goddamned Dutch "One More Drink for the Four of Us" (aka "Glorious" or "Drunk Last Night") is a traditional drinking and marching song. It became popular during the First World War, and has been widely repurposed for other marches, college bands, and social clubs ...

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Walking Down Canal Street "Walking Down Canal Street" is a drinking song from Roaring Twenties New York, describing Canal Street. There are variations and additional impromptu verses. Max Hunter collected a version of this song from Charles Varley on January 19, 1967, in ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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Bevilo tutto ''Bevilo tutto'' ("Drink it all", "Drink it up") is an Italian drinking song. A version is documented in ''I Nuovi Goliardi - Periodico mensuale di storia'' Trieste, in the 1880s. The song was also featured in the movie The Hitman's Bodyguard with ...

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Drobna drabnitsa Drobna drabnitsa ( be, «Дробна драбніца»; en, «Trifle of trifles») is a Belarusian drinking song A drinking song is a song sung while drinking alcohol. Most drinking songs are folk songs or commercium songs, and may be var ...

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Ein Heller und ein Batzen "Ein Heller und ein Batzen" is a German folk song. Written b Albert von Schlippenbachin 1830 as a drinking song, it later became a popular marching song in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. Controversy "Ein Heller und ein Batzen" ...

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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 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 translated as, " ...

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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"

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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)"

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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"

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for two tenors and two basses (1825) * D 888, Song "Trinklied" Bacchus, feister Fürst des Weins'for voice and piano (1826)

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

History

In popular culture

Traditional drinking songs

English

Other

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References

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