A popular song from 1914.
Words and music by J. W. Mahan.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Come join me in a drink, my boys
And pass the glasses ’round
Tonight’s my last appearance here
Before the flag goes down
Tomorrow is my wedding day
The happiest of my life
My sporting days are over
And I’m going to take a wife
We’ll talk about the good old times
That we have had before
And how we flirted with the girls
It won’t occur no more
So, drain you brimming glasses
While the wine is sparkling bright
Tonight’s my last night single, boys
For just one single night
Chorus
Tonight’s my last night single
I’ll enjoy it while I can
I may not have a chance again
When I’m a married man
My sporting days are over
They’ll never see me more
So, here’s good health to the girl I love
And the ones I loved
And the twos I loved
And the threes I loved before
- We’ll play a game of poker, boys
To pass the time away
And then we’ll stroll about the streets
Until the break of day
Gee whiz! we’ll go and see that kid
Who lives near Herald Square
Remember Kitty Reilly, boys
We’ll get a welcome there
And then there’s little Mamie
Now we’ll see her off the stage
Oh, how we used to kid her
When she tried to tell her age
Oh, won’t the chorus roast me
When I say that I’m to wed
There is not one among them
Whom I’d change for mine instead
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: