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The Parting Glass

I first heard "The Parting Glass" on a Clancy Brothers record in the early 1960's but didn't transcribe it until 1992 when I wanted the song for a private ceilidh. The Clancy version has only two verses, a found a third verse in Colm O Lochlainn's Irish Street Ballads. It's one of a trio of songs which I always use to finish a ceilidh, the other two being Auld lang syne, Scottish, and Come me Lads (Let union be), English.
"The Parting Glass" has been recorded by:
 Geoff Grainger on "In t' Praties" 
 Shelley Phillips on "Pavane" RealAudio
 The Clancy Brothers on "28 Irish Pub Songs" 
 The Clancy Brothers on "Come Fill Your Glass With Us" 
 The Clancy Brothers on "In Person At Carnegie Hall" 
 The Clancy Brothers on "In Person At Carnegie Hall/ In Concert/ Luck of the Irish" 
 The Dubliners on "The Original Dubliners" 
 The Evergreens on "The Irish Rover" 
 The Clancy Brothers on "Irish Drinking Songs" 
 The Dubliners on "20 Original Greatest Hits Vol.3" 
 Various Artists on "An Irish Celebration"