Vive la Compagnie

DESCRIPTION: "Let Bacchus to Venus libations pour forth, Vive la compagnie. And let us make use of our time while it lasts, Vive la compagnie. Vive la, vive la, vive l'amour...." Bachelors toast their lasses, husbands their wives, all toast their friends
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1818
KEYWORDS: drink friend nonballad
FOUND IN: US Britain(England) Germany
REFERENCES (5 citations):
RJackson-19CPop, pp. 218-221, "Vive la Compagnie" (1 text, 1 tune)
Pankake-PHCFSB, p. 288, "Vive la Compagnie" (1 text)
Silber-FSWB, p. 235, "Vive La Compagnie (Vive l'Amour)" (1 text)
Fuld-WFM, pp. 606-607, "Vive la Compaigne"
DT, VIVLAMOR
ST RJ19218 (Full)
SAME TUNE:
Vive le Captain John (Pankake-PHCFSB, p. 161)
Notes: Fuld points out that this song has been printed in England, America, and Germany, but no early French printings are known. It may, in fact, be an English song; at least, the tune is close to "The Lincolnshire Poacher." - RBW
File: RJ19218

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