Ewan MacColl — Card Playing Song

The king will take the queen but the queen will take the knave And since we're in good company more liquor let us have [Chorus] Here's to you Tom Brown And to you me jolly soul And to you with all my heart And with you I'll take a quart With you I'll drink a drop or two Before that we do part Here's to you Tom Brown Here's to you Tom Brown The knave will take the ten but the ten will take the nine And since we're in good company come let us have more wine [Chorus] Here's to you Tom Brown And to you me jolly soul And to you with all my heart And with you I'll take a quart With you I'll drink a drop or two Before that we do part Here's to you Tom Brown Here's to you Tom Brown The nine will take the eight, the eight will take the seven And since we're in good company we'll drink till past eleven [Chorus] Here's to you Tom Brown And to you me jolly soul And to you with all my heart And with you I'll take a quart With you I'll drink a drop or two Before that we do part Here's to you Tom Brown Here's to you Tom Brown The seven will take the six, the six will take the five And since we're in good company as sure as I'm alive [Chorus] Here's to you Tom Brown And to you me jolly soul And to you with all my heart And with you I'll take a quart With you I'll drink a drop or two Before that we do part Here's to you Tom Brown Here's to you Tom Brown The five will take the four, the four will take the trey And since we're in good company we'll drink till break of day [Chorus] Here's to you Tom Brown And to you me jolly soul And to you with all my heart And with you I'll take a quart With you I'll drink a drop or two Before that we do part Here's to you Tom Brown Here's to you Tom Brown The trey will take the deuce, the ace will take them all And since we're in good company we won't go home at all [Chorus] Here's to you Tom Brown And to you me jolly soul And to you with all my heart And with you I'll take a quart With you I'll drink a drop or two Before that we do part Here's to you Tom Brown Here's to you Tom Brown