Parting Glass (Goodnight and Joy Be To You All)

Song Information

Composer: Traditional

Lyric Author: Traditional

Published: Early 17th Century

Country of origin: Scotland

General Interest

Supposedly the most popular song in Scotland, prior to Robert Burns’ Auld Lang Syne, this song was frequently sung at the end of a gathering of friends.

It was known at least as early as 1605, when a portion of the first stanza was written in a farewell letter by one of the border reivers executed that year for the murder of Sir John Carmichael, Warden of the Scottish West March.

Here's a link to the Lyric:

Parting Glass Lyric

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