Rosin the Bow

I’ve traveled this wide world all over
And now to another I go
And I know the good quarters are waiting
To welcome old Rosin the Bow
To welcome old Rosin the Bow. (x2)
And I know the good quarters are waiting
To welcome old Rosin the Bow
When I’m dead and laid out on the counter
A voice you will hear from below
Saying “Send down a hogshead of whisky
To drink with old Rosin the Bow
To drink with old Rosin the Bow”. (x2)
Saying “Send down a hogshead of whisky
To drink with old Rosin the Bow”
Then get a half dozen stout fellows
And line them all up in a row
Let them drink out of half gallon bottles
To the memory of Rosin the Bow
To the memory of Rosin the Bow (x2)
Let them drink out of half gallon bottles
To the memory of Rosin the Bow
Then get a half dozen stout fellows
And line them all stagger and go
And let ’em dig a great hole in the meadow
And in it put Rosin the Bow
And in it put Rosin the Bow. (x2)
Let ’em dig a great hole in the meadow
And in it put Rosin the Bow
Then get ye a couple of bottles
Put one at me head and me toe
With a diamond ring scratched upon ’em
The name of old Rosin the Bow
The name of old Rosin the Bow. (x2)
With a diamond ring scratched upon ’em
The name of old Rosin the Bow
I feel that grim reaper approaching
That cruel remorseless old foe
And I lift up me glass in his honour
Take a drink with old Rosin the Bow
Take a drink with old Rosin the Bow. (x2)
And I lift up me glass in his honour
Take a drink with old Rosin the Bow