The Best of Friends Must Part

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