The Best Of Friends Must Part - The Irish Rovers

It's grand to see old friends again as we come rambling through

and talk about the times we've had and raise a glass or two

For when we are together off on memories we recall

and long will I remember your kindness to us all

Farewell to you, I bid adieu, I can no longer stay

For the night has gone and now's the hour to go our separate ways

It's time to pass the parting glass and toast to company

Good luck and joy be with you all, wherever you may be

Long have we been comrades and true friends since first we've met

and never has an angry word passed between us yet.

Many's the night we've laughed and sung until the break of day

and fondly will I think on you when I am far away.

Farewell to you, I bid adieu, I can no longer stay

For the night has gone and now's the hour to go our separate ways

It's time to pass the parting glass and toast to company

Good luck and joy be with you all, wherever you may be

It's sad I am for leaving but the best of friends must part

I'm going to a foreign shore although it grieves my heart

We'll put our trust in providence that soon we'll meet again

I wish you health and happiness, good fortune, until then

Farewell to you, I bid adieu, I can no longer stay

For the night has gone and now's the hour to go our separate ways

It's time to pass the parting glass and toast to company

Good luck and joy be with you all, wherever you may be

And when I'm on some foreign shore far across the sea

I'll keep you close beside me, you'll be in my memory

And when the stormy winds do blow and hard times win the day

Our laughter and our friendship sure will clear the clouds away.

Farewell to you, I bid adieu, I can no longer stay

For the night has gone and now's the hour to go our separate ways

It's time to pass the parting glass and toast to company

Good luck and joy be with you all, wherever you may be

Farewell to you, I bid adieu, I can no longer stay

For the night has gone and now's the hour to go our separate ways

It's time to pass the parting glass and toast to company

Good luck and joy be with you all, wherever you may be