California Drinking Song versuri

California Drinking Song lyrics by University of California Marching Band

Intro
The steward went below (Shhh!)
To light the captain’s lamp (Shhh!)
The lamp, it would not light (Why not?)
Because the wick was damp (Oh!)
The captain went below (Shhh!)
To kick the steward’s… (Shhh!)
He said, „So fire it up you son-of-a-bitch
The Golden Gate is passed!”

Verse 1
Oh, they had a little party down in Newport
There was Harry, there was Mary, there was Grace
Oh, they had a little party down in Newport
And they had to carry Harry from the place
Oh, they had to carry Harry to the ferry
And the ferry carried Harry to thе shore
And the reason that thеy had to carry Harry to the ferry
Was that Harry couldn’t carry any more

Chorus
For California, for California
The hills send back the cry
We’re out to do or die
For California, for California
We’ll win the game or know the reason why
And when the game is over, we will buy a keg of booze
And drink to California ‘til we wobble in our shoes
So drink, tra-la-la
Drink, tra-la-la
Drink, drank, drunk last night
Drunk the night before
Gonna get drunk tonight
Like I never got drunk before
For when I’m drunk, I’m as happy as can be
For I am member of the Souse family

Verse 2
Now the Souse family is the best family
That ever came over from old Germany
There’s the Highland Dutch, and the Lowland Dutch
The Rotterdam Dutch, and the Irish
Sing glorious, victorious
One keg of beer for the four of us
Sing glory be to God that there are no more of us
For one of us could drink it all alone, damn near
Here’s to the Irish, dead drunk
The lucky stiffs, they had four fifths
And a sixpack too, of Irish brew
And there was grandma swingin’ on the outhouse door
Without her nightie and grandpa yellin’
More, more, more, for she was nude