Here's to You, John Duck!
Lyrics
The butchers cast him out
But John Duck showed them all
He turned his luck around
With his back against the wall
Here’s to you, John Duck!
And to you me jolly soul!
And to you with all me heart!
And to you we’ll take a quart!
With you I’ll drink a drop or two
Before that we do part!
Here’s to you, John Duck!
Here’s to you, John Duck!
John Duck bought a calf
For a price that was absurd
But the calf became a cow
And the cow became a herd
Here’s to you, John Duck!
And to you me jolly soul!
And to you with all me heart!
And to you we’ll take a quart!
With you I’ll drink a drop or two
Before that we do part!
Here’s to you, John Duck!
Here’s to you, John Duck!
There are some who do not take
The chances good luck brings
But money talks and John Duck walked
In confidence with kings
Here’s to you, John Duck!
And to you me jolly soul!
And to you with all me heart!
And to you we’ll take a quart!
With you I’ll drink a drop or two
Before that we do part!
Here’s to you, John Duck!
Here’s to you, John Duck!
From apprentice-boy to businessman
with property to let
From philanthropist to mayor
Then to butcher baronet
Here’s to you, John Duck!
And to you me jolly soul!
And to you with all me heart!
And to you we’ll take a quart!
With you I’ll drink a drop or two
Before that we do part!
Here’s to you, John Duck!
Here’s to you, John Duck!
(Gary Miller: adapted from 'The Card Song' [Traditional])
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Notes
This song was commissioned and specially-written for the upcoming project 'The Butcher Baronet', in collaboration with Lone Pine Pictures, about the 17th Century Durham City historical figure John Duck.
Other songs and tunes from this project include : -
'Elementary (Turn Turn Again)'
'Golden Journey: Through Air / Over Water / To Earth / On Fire'
'John's Jacobus (Inscription)'
'Merrily Danced The Butcher's Wife'
'Rolling on (A Hymn for John and Ann)'