| 单词 | drinking song |
| 例句 | He played a ballad, then a light, quick drinking song, then a slow, sad melody in a language that I didn’t recognize but suspected might be Yllish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We make our way through the underside of the tables, with ballads and drinking songs sung above us, screams and whispers in the air, and the soft footfalls of dancers echoing around us like rain. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He started to sing “Tinker Tanner,” a drinking song that is older than God. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He’d teach us old songs in Korean, drinking songs, school songs, whatever we could learn. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of them sang earsplitting drinking songs the whole way and only stopped when Theo turned into Downing Heights. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Historians have not agreed on the actual music Hamilton sang that evening: It may have been a drinking song called “The Drum,” or the somber military ballad “How Stands the Glass Around.” ‘Hamilton’ Is Known For Its Music, but What Did Alexander Hamilton Listen To? 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z "Carryin' On" includes drinking songs, a cheating song and a song about a country song, with Dale Watson addressing these well-worn subjects in a familiar Merle Haggard croon. 9 of the year's best overlooked albums 2011-01-07T22:04:04Z "It's a Wednesday night," Turner declares, "which means it's time for a drinking song." Frank Turner – review 2013-04-19T15:00:03Z And Womack wants to sing whatever she wants — lush love songs, tough drinking songs, one of Legend's light pop-soul confections — in spite of the prevailing trends in Nashville. Lee Ann Womack takes an introspective path to the Grammy Awards 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z In addition to singing Irish drinking songs and funny ballads, he, like many early stars, recorded minstrel songs. Throwback tunes: Reissues from Frenchmen, Argentines, Brits, lumberjacks and Vaudevillians 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The upper deck, as always, was a genial riot of drinking songs, Frank Sinatra tunes, Danny Boy and the rest. Edwin Morgan obituary 2010-08-19T17:23:00Z I wrote a drinking song called “Rosé” about three years ago. Black, Female and Carving Out Their Own Path in Country Music 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Soon he was leading the next table in what sounded, from its vigor, like a Czech drinking song. At Bohemian Spirit, the Meals of Czech Memory 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z It’s a Christmas carol that doubles as a drinking song. Comma Queen: A Grammarian’s Xmas 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z “Death to My Hometown,” which sounds like a drinking song at an Irish wake, describes the destruction unscrupulous bankers and business leaders can visit on a community. ArtsBeat: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Apollo Theater in New York 2012-03-10T09:43:47Z All are worthy of singing Helan Gar, the aquavit drinking song, to. Jump-Starting the Aquavit Renaissance 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Aside from being a remarkably good detective, the learned doctor is a lexicographer and expert on drinking songs and drinking customs, past and present. Classic Crime Novels That Still Thrill Today 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Part eulogy and part drinking song, it is addressed to Jonson, and refers to customers "doing homage to thy name in ale or beer". Ben Jonson's chair 2013-07-04T10:00:01Z And the playing was excellent, with attention to detail in moments like the slight wooziness that enters the rhythms as the first-act drinking song grows drunker. In Cleveland, Schubert Outsings Even the Mighty ‘Otello’ 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z He even swaggered through both verses of the high-flying drinking song in the Venice scene. Munich's hit 'Hoffmann,' far-out 'Fidelio' 2011-11-28T14:46:10Z Narrating this transformative moment in the American Revolution, the musical’s title character observes that “as our fallen foes retreat, I hear the drinking song they’re singing.” ‘Hamilton’ Is Known For Its Music, but What Did Alexander Hamilton Listen To? 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Plodding chronological development, wanly lyrical arias, foursquare choruses and drinking songs are deployed as if by rote. Music Review: ?Heart of a Soldier? at San Francisco Opera - Review 2011-09-11T17:17:57Z His party songs don’t really fly anymore: “Blue Marlin Blues,” a fishing and drinking song, is weightless. Albums From Terius Nash, George Strait, Cymbals Eat Guitars 2011-09-05T22:44:58Z There’s the drinking song - first single “Bottoms Up” is already a No. 1 hit. Review: Brantley Gilbert’s star-making album 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z It’s a resort-town fantasy of creature comforts close at hand and, of course, it’s a drinking song. Jimmy Buffett Was More Than Beaches and Booze 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z He calls the album “a Mason jar half-full” — which means lots of drinking songs and lots of optimism. Brad Paisley’s country continues to expand its borders So on April 24 the opera mounted its first pop-up performance at Reading Terminal Market, a 35-singer rendition of “Brindisi,” the drinking song from ’s “Traviata,” which they were about to open. It?s Not Candid Camera, It?s Random Culture 2011-02-05T22:18:03Z Who decided to have the Futureheads doing their – fantastic – a capella and acoustic set of traditional folk drinking songs within bawling distance of Foo Fighters? Reading festival 2012: the smell of Sunday 2012-08-27T15:03:44Z Just in time to comfort British World Cup fans still crying into their beer, a new drinking song by Dylan Thomas is to be published. New Dylan Thomas Drinking Song Discovered 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Some was practical — he warned her that the Act II drinking song, a brindisi, was perhaps toughest on the voice — and some was more general. After Anna Netrebko’s ‘Macbeth’ Triumph, ‘Norma’ is Next 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z The famous drinking song in Act I is not at all joyful but a brindisi of death. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z “It’s not a drinking song in the way its reputation would lead people to believe, in the sense of a pub ditty,” Dr. Clague said. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Like Satan Dance Party, from San Diego, a shaggy, tattooed quartet playing bawdy drinking songs, and Bramble, from Salt Lake City, whose lofty choruses were as pretty as they were ragged. Young bands breathe new life into acoustic roots music at Northwest Folklife Festival 2010-05-29T03:55:00Z O’Malley loved the “Irish-Catholic pub scene” and later wrote a one-man show called “Pub Crawl” that features the drinking songs he learned as a child. Rory O'Malley's comic road to King George in 'Hamilton' started in Burbank 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Renz accomplished that feat, in one case, by fitting a sacred text to a gigue that originally accompanied a drinking song. Music Review: Early Music New York With Frederick Renz - Review 2011-12-26T22:37:30Z But it also tries to correct popular misconceptions — like the widespread assumption that the tune originated as a drinking song. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The drinking song offered a suitable stimulus for audience wine consumption. Substitutes shine in 'Traviata' at the Hollywood Bowl 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Nearby, schoolchildren were doing sketches of works in which the artist framed sheet music from drinking songs behind bull’s-eye glass. Christian Marclay Sees in Sound in a Show at White Cube in London 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The words may be wily, but the Russian baritone, whether poisoning Otello with lies or hosting a drinking song, sings with agreeable gusto. Review: At L.A. Opera, Russell Thomas is an Otello for our time 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Some will hoot and holler, because who writes drinking songs that aren’t supposed to be fun? Mary Gauthier uses songwriting to help people through trauma 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z This was not a “drinking song” but, rather, an intentionally challenging piece ritualistically performed at each meeting of the Anacreontic Society since its composition for that purpose in the 18th century. Review | An anthem reflecting the wonder and warts of the nation that sings it 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Two of the greatest British folk voices combine for a drinking song that, if we’re honest, is unlikely to be ringing out in pubs this Christmas. The 50 greatest Christmas songs – ranked! 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The four painted scenes inspired by a college drinking song belittle the intellect of the tribal subjects, one of whom is holding a book upside down. Dartmouth ready to move insensitive murals into storage 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z The show wraps with the cheerful so-called drinking song from “La Traviata.” Impromptu opera regales Mexico City market-goers 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Gilbert still knows the appeal of drinking songs, and sings about partying on tracks such as “The Weekend” and “Bottoms Up.” Inside country music’s complex — and increasingly lucrative — love affair with alcohol 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z And then Schmidt passed out the lyrics to the first verse of “To Anacreon in Heaven,” the English drinking song that provided the melody for our national anthem. Perspective | Imagine college without the term papers, tests or grades — and with beer 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z In her intro to the song, she says she’d like to one day do an entire album of drinking songs. Brandy Clark's 'Live From Los Angeles' album is smart to the core 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z As country music drinking songs go, bottomless mimosas at brunch doesn’t have quite the severity of, say, smashing a handle of bourbon to kill an all-consuming heartbreak. Sam Outlaw, L.A.'s country boy, is on cusp of music stardom 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z They decided to finish the night with a boisterous rendition of a Newfoundland drinking song - two smartly dressed boys who speak European French singing in English about fighting Quebeckers for the territorial integrity of Labrador. How did the remote French outpost of St Pierre and Miquelon vote? - BBC News 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z In Nashville, Budweiser has signs that say it’s “the official beer of beer drinking songs.” Inside country music’s complex — and increasingly lucrative — love affair with alcohol 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z But here, across the Atlantic, the song has developed a parallel existence, unchanged in form but utterly different in function, as a boisterous drinking song turned sports anthem. How a Slave Spiritual Became English Rugby’s Anthem 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z This included Indian classical forms, Scottish drinking songs, marching tunes, the devotional kirtan, and much else. Bob Dylan is not the first songwriter to win the Nobel prize for literature 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z A month of partying kicks off with Heidi and the Heimat Echo, a German band that plays traditional drinking songs on accordions and alphorns, and pulls audience members up for yodeling contests. Prost! 12 ways to celebrate Oktoberfest in the Washington area 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z I passed out, mercifully quickly, to the dim roar of Slovenian drinking songs, and left before daybreak the next morning. Alone in the Alps 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z The mutual benefit is a marked difference from decades ago, when there was a negative connotation of even listening to drinking songs in country bars. Inside country music’s complex — and increasingly lucrative — love affair with alcohol 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z “Sam took hummable melodies, like British drinking songs, Irish ballads and Israeli wedding music, and updated them.” Sam Spence, Who Set the Fierce Dance of the N.F.L. to Music in Film, Dies at 88 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Crissie: There was a definite feeling that we needed a drinking song on the album. The Shires: Putting a British spin on country - BBC News 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z This myth, Jensen argued, was perpetuated by drinking songs and lore. This 14-year-old Sidwell Friends student outwitted a college historian 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Shakespeare shifted between royal and mass audiences, writing bawdy portrayals of lust and hearty drinking songs. 'The Newsroom,' The New Republic and the New Tech Media Owner 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Dylan sings ancient ballads, folk standards, 12-bar blues, drinking songs, sea chanteys, early rock ‘n’ roll and novelty tunes. A review of key musical box sets 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z For some reason, he set it to the tune of a British drinking song – one with such a large vocal range you basically have to be drunk to sing it well. Why the Star-Spangled Banner is the perfect insight into America's soul 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Still, many are quick to link the recent flood of drinking songs coming out of Nashville to this recent spate of concert incidents. Violence, tragedy, mass arrests: What is going on with country music concerts this summer? Set to the tune of an old drinking song, his words became an anthem - The Star-Spangled Banner. Why the War of 1812 still matters 2012-06-18T12:05:00Z From his proneness to frequent the tavern's jovial company of topers and gamesters naturally sprang a liberal supply of drinking songs. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Fiery-Eyes was a rollicking drinking song; but Andy put the glass to his lips and his scruples vanished in the tempting aroma. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z “The Philosophers’ Song” One of my favorite drinking songs of all time is simple: it namechecks some of the great philosophers while describing the ways that they preferred to drink. The Geek Playlist: Monty Python 2012-02-13T06:29:57Z Others by the window were vociferating the chorus of a drinking song. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z The letter was written to repay the Abbé for some of his excellent drinking songs. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Finally may be given, in the original Latin, a stanza of a drinking song which fell to such depths of irreverence as to comprise a parody of Thomas Aquinas's hymn on the Lord's Supper. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z And Xenophanes of Chalcedon, and Speusippus the Academic philosopher, and Aristotle, have all written drinking songs. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z So saying, the merry cook threw a handful of silver money on the table, and began to sing a joyous drinking song. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z The Buccaneer was in such excellent spirits that he began singing an old drinking song of his, to the merits of John Barleycorn, and he made Dogvane join in the chorus. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Wheaton was made to sing his hit of the evening—Sheridan's jolly drinking song over again, and did so with even better voice and expression. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z “Mr. H. Pierson, the author of the oratorio ‘Jerusalem,’ and of the opera ‘Faust,’ was present, and wrote a drinking song for the occasion, dedicating it to the president.” Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Somebody had been conducting an agitation in the Bulletin against the use of "The Star Spangled Banner" as a national anthem on the ground that the air was originally that of a drinking song. The Boy Grew Older 2011-05-10T02:01:01.027Z Here and there a hymn in praise of the holy man was begun; this time to the tune of a merry drinking song, and loud joyous voices rang through the hall. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z It is difficult to sympathize with English drinking songs, and all the vulgar associations of flowing bowls, taverns, three times three, and the table in a roar. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z The tune – an old English drinking song with words by Francis Scott Key – is difficult, covering one and a half octaves. This is London calling for Radio 4 listeners 2011-02-12T00:05:50Z But who will write us a riding song, Or a hunting song or a drinking song, Fit for them that arose and rode When day and the wine were red? Wine, Water, and Song 2011-01-31T03:00:17.240Z If at times, as in the drinking songs, and in some few of the amatory, the expression is free and outspoken, vice is never glossed over or covered with a false sentimentality. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z He was a man of great poetic talent, but at first he devoted his gifts to writing love ballads and drinking songs. The Story of Our Hymns In the front line came the love duets between tenor and soprano, with moon-light accompaniment; then peasants' dances interrupted by thunder-storms, and drinking songs for the baritone, backed by an approving chorus. Fragments of an Autobiography Panard, also a vaudevillist, is remarkable for the number and excellence of his drinking songs, and the variety and melody of their rhythm. A Short History of French Literature But who will write us a riding song Or a fighting song or a drinking song, Fit for the fathers of you and me, That knew how to think and thrive? Wine, Water, and Song 2011-01-31T03:00:17.240Z They went on, singing a light drinking song. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington He wishes, that, in future, all lyrics, but especially drinking songs, should be printed only with ink prepared in this manner. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Next to those bombastic, pseudo-pious songs we find hideous drinking songs, poems of gluttony and licentiousness, all of which are, nevertheless, highly valuable to the historian of culture. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Scarcely had we entered the low arched door, when the fumes of schnaps and tobacco nearly suffocated me; while the merry chorus of a drinking song, proclaimed that a jolly party was assembled. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands It was a drinking song, something about a sparkling bowl; and he sang it with an air of a devil-may-care voice, that made his face a thousand times more meager and more thoughtful than ever. Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read "Anything but a love song," cried the girls; "let it be a drinking song if you like." Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. He wrote drinking songs and love ditties which are very popular among the Greeks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" I was then obliged to sing pathetic songs, drinking songs, comic songs, opéra bouffe, English ballads, and then—worse than all—requested to recite some dramatic poetry. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 Unless the family is in mourning, drinking songs are sung suitable to the guests, of whatever position. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia But few lines are highly poetical, and some sink to the level of a common drinking song. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Before the drinking song is over, she will forget herself. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals And when breakfast was over he even took up his violin and played runs and shakes and scales—and the air of a drinking song, which sounded grotesque in contrast with the surroundings. The First Violin A Novel Turiddu cried to the crowd, going to his mother's bar, and there they gathered singing a gay drinking song. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces That young gamin de Paris can sing as many love ditties and drinking songs as there are hairs upon his head, before he knows how much is nine times seven. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France His drinking songs became famous under the name of Vaux-de-Vire, corrupted in modern times into "vaudeville." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" She flung the lace back from her head, and gave herself up to the joyous riot of that drinking song. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals I am not aware that the following drinking song, which may fairly be attributed to him, has ever appeared in print. Notes and Queries, Number 77, April 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc It is easy to see that a serious tone is not wanting even in the drinking songs. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities After this disaster the following became a popular drinking song: Ah! The Athenian Constitution In hiccoughing tones they sang a Spanish drinking song. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite In this way we may distinguish love songs, convivial or drinking songs, political songs, war songs, national songs, religious songs or hymns. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism The very text is divided into couplets which are ornamented like a drinking song with a little burthen. En Route There is something especially German in all drinking songs, and no other nation has held its wine in such honor. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities The men sang drinking songs, the ladies chattered, and the monks in their corner sang an edifying hymn. Peter the Priest A roll of drums, a chorus of men's voices, somewhat truculent, in the drinking song. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Nine o’clock brought the sentinel, who began his customary tramp with great regularity, but broke forth in a drinking song as soon as the sergeant was out of hearing. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver The hardy survivors were following the Dufreres in French drinking songs, which are the best in the known universe. Security Two English tunes served for the drinking songs of the robber band, and an Irish melody for the lament of the wood nymphs. My Reminiscences Above the insectile anthem of the night, rose a gurgling voice in a drinking song.… Witch-Doctors Now and then some light gleamed ruddily through the crevices of house-shutters, or some group went homeward with lanterns chanting drinking songs. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida One of our popular drinking songs sums up this aspect of our new theology: "God is not censorious When His children have their fling." Christianity and Progress Some of the melodies chosen as the basis for masses were nothing but drinking songs. Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians Often, when wild drinking songs were ringing in the Nor'westers' dining hall, the Hudson's Bay men would be brought in to furnish a butt for their merciless victors. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom "He's getting them in trim to start something," Sam whispered, as the three men broke into a rough drinking song. The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier A noisy group of revellers were passing through the piazza singing a drinking song. The Eternal City From this point onwards the drama rings with the rough drinking songs, pious hymns, and sweet lyrics of the buffoon, the preacher, and the lover. The Growth of English Drama Upon the same evening, he set two more of Shakespeare's songs to music, "Who is Sylvia?" from the "Two Gentlemen of Verona," and the drinking song from the second act of "Antony and Cleopatra." Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians "Art's a priesthood, art's a priesthood," to the air of the drinking song in "Robert the Devil." Bohemians of the Latin Quarter After singing a drinking song, Sir Wilful says in "The Way of the World." History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Some of it they dodged, riding wide to pass the larger camps, and hearing from afar the noise of carousal, the fierce drinking songs of the Magyars, the fusillades of pistol-shots. Empire Builders In his best estate, the drinking song was sheer virtuosity. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Benefits, in fact, followed the argument of the old drinking song—merriment at all costs to-night, and sobriety, somehow, on the morrow—until the benefit season came round again, and then—da capo! A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character “Why are four thousand eight hundred and forty yards of land obtained on credit like a drinking song?”—“Because it’s an-acre-on-tic.”—“I think I had you there!” Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 It was a town of stores, of ordinaries and public places; from open door and window all along Duke of Gloucester Street came laughter, round oaths, now and then a scrap of drinking song. Audrey The door of the distant apartment must have been again thrown open, for a robustious fellow could be heard to sing a stave of a drinking song. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Your war chants make men fight; your drinking songs, drunkards; your love ditties, fools. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Duval, the great basso of the Opéra, accompanied at the piano by one of the unclassified ladies, was just finishing Mephistopheles' drinking song out of Faust when the door-bell rang. Jason We had music; and Mr. Du Maurier sang a drinking song, accompanying himself on the piano. What I Remember, Volume 2 Most of his lyrics, like those of his fellow-poets, seem to have been drinking songs, combined, says Symonds, with reflections upon life, and appropriate descriptions of the different seasons. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 It is insufferable that a rhymer should be called glorious, whose only claim to notice is a clever drinking song. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 I must own that I cannot see what San Domingo has to do with a drinking song. Notes and Queries, Number 13, January 26, 1850 They can sing nowadays any rollicking, drinking songs; but they will not sing them when they come to die; they are not exactly the songs with which to cross Jordan's billows. The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little George Eliot had specially asked for this song, saying, I remember, "A good drinking song is the only form of intemperance I admire!" What I Remember, Volume 2 Love, war, and drinking songs are very well for adults, but are out of time in the nursery or schoolroom; for these predilections spring up quite early enough in the bosoms of mankind. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 353, January 24, 1829 Others speak of Batalus as a writer of wanton verses and drinking songs. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Finally, all riot died away in the hall except one thin voice singing, waveringly, a drinking song, and when that ceased silence reigned supreme, and the moon shone full upon the bubbling spring. The Strong Arm Poisson stood next and with an abrupt bow to the ladies, sang a drinking song: "The Wines of France." L'Assommoir "A drinking song?" said I. "Whiskey is never mentioned." Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 The crowd has sung a number of songs, drinking songs, ballads, romances, but all more or less heavy and ugly. Amiel's Journal They contented themselves with singing hymns and drinking songs, and with mock reverence rendering the "Star Spangled Banner," closely followed by the "Marseillaise," and "It's a Long Way to Tipperary." L.P.M. : the end of the Great War Presently he heard Gorenflot's voice, singing a drinking song as he came up the stairs. Chicot the Jester Come, come, give a little wine to Mr. Jourdain and to these gentlemen, who will do us the pleasure of singing us a drinking song. The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman A drinking song urging people to drink seemed absurdly inappropriate, as probably most of my audience had done their misdeeds under the influence of drink. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Now and then some light gleamed ruddily through the crevices and house shutters, or some group went homeward with lanterns, chanting drinking songs. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 None of the commentators on Shakespeare are able to explain at all satisfactorily what connection there is between Domingo and a drinking song. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 The young men laughed and sang as only German students can sing, making the night musical with blithe drinking songs, tender love-lays, battle-hymns, and Volkslieder sweeter than any songs across the water. Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories All went well until Eustace, being pressed for more, ventured a drinking song. The Boss of Little Arcady "Qui va la?" he thundered in stentorian tones as a group of some half- dozen people lurched towards him out of the gloom, still shouting hoarsely their ribald drinking song. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel A fair drinking song is afforded, which pleased, but was not encored. A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music Saying these words, I again threw myself upon the ballast, and, as the gay chorus of a drinking song was wafted across me, prayed devoutly that we might all go down to the bottom. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 5 In looking over Gibson's few effects, Mr. Tietkens and I found, in an old pocketbook, a drinking song and a certificate of his marriage: he had never told us anything about this. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, DORANTE: Let's have some wine for Monsieur Jourdain and for these gentlemen and ladies who are going to favor us with a drinking song. The Middle-Class Gentleman "The organist played the other day the whole of the drinking song and the waltz from the same opera, and afterward a rondeau from the 'Grande Duchesse.'" Dona Perfecta He joins in the merriment, singing a drinking song with Violetta, but his devotion to her is unlike that of his companions. A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music Their statues were erected in the market-place soon after the expulsion of Hippias; their descendants enjoyed immunity from all taxes and public burdens; and their deed of vengeance formed the favourite subject of drinking songs. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest The Ergo bibamus is a well-known drinking song in Germany, where it enjoys vast popularity. The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres "No, I have given up poetry, except now and then to write a drinking song, some gay sonnet or some innocent epigram; I compose sermons, my friend." Twenty Years After See the drinking song in "Antony and Cl." i. The Symposium He also wrote hymns, paeans, dithyrambs, odes for processions, songs of maidens, mimic dancing songs, drinking songs, dirges and encomia, or panegyrics on princes. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest |
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