25 Irish Songs, WoO 152: No. 8, "Come draw we round a cheerful ring"

No. 8, Come Draw We Round a Cheerful Ring - Ian Bostridge/Antonio Pappano/Nicolas Altstaedt/Vilde Frang

Composed by：Ludwig van Beethoven

Come draw we round a cheerful ring

And broach the foaming ale

And let the merry maiden sing

The beldame tell her tale

And let the sightless harper sit

The blazing faggot by

And let the jester vent his wit

His tricks the urchin try

Who shakes the door with angry din

And would admitted be

No Gossip Winter snug within

We have no room for thee

Go scud it o'er Killarney's lake

And shake the willows bare

The water-elf his sport doth take

Thou'lt find a comrade there

Will o' the Wisp skips in the dell

The owl hoots on the tree

They hold their nightly vigil well

And so the while will we

Then strike we up the rousing glee

And pass the beaker round

While ev'ry head right merrily

Is moving to the sound