Fortunate weaver's uprise, or, The landlady well pleased/Drinking drowns care

DRINKING DROWNS CARE.

FILL your glasses, banish care,
Wealth and worldly care despise,
Sorrow ne’er can bring relief;
⁠Joys from drinking will arise.
Why should we with anxious care,
Spoil what Nature’s made so fair?
Chor. Drink and set your heart at rest;
⁠Of a bad bargain make the best.

Mirth when mingled with our wine,
⁠Makes the heart alert and free:
Let it rain, or snow, or shine,
⁠All the same it is to me.
There’s no fence against our fate,
Changes daily on us wait, Chor. Drink &c.

Some pursue the winged wealth,
⁠Some to honour do aspire;
Give me freedom, give me health,
⁠That's the sum of my desire.
What this world could more present,
Would not add to my content.
Chor. Drink and set your heart at rest;
⁠Of a bad bargain make the best.

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