Fill It to the Top

So did her grandfather. It's an entire family tradition

(Sung)

I propose a toast to life

To sport, good fun, and ease

A life of risk, of dice and chance

I give you all of these

Farm work means you're stuck in one place

Mining's worse, underground at the coalface

Fill it to the top, man, get it down

Pass another round

Then I'll drink to that

Fill it to the top, man, get it down

Pass another round

We will drink to that

I will drink to a better life

For all our working men

A living wage, a good old age

To that I'll say amen

Justice, we can fight for that, John

Progress, we've deserved for so long

Come and work the mines, lad

Lead the land

You'll soon understand

That's where happiness lies

Fill it to the top, man, get it down

Pass another round

That's where happiness lies

I will toast the best of all

The girl I did this for

A life together, and soon a child

I couldn't ask for more

Good health to two young lovers

A baby on the way and their two fine brothers

Fill it to the top, man, get it down

Pass another round

Then we'll have some more

Fill it to the top, man, get it down

Pass another round

That's what toasts are for