Of all the money that e'er I had I've spent it in good company And all the harm that e'er I've done Alas it was to none but me And all I've done for want of wit To memory now I can't recall So fill to me the parting gla** Good night and joy be with you all meaning byHalfSunArts To me, the song i nostalgic & wistful; a remembering of life well lived, but perhaps not entirely fulfilled. Even before the knowing the title was "the Parting… See all Of all the comrades that e'er I had They are sorry for my going away And all the sweethearts that e'er I had They would wish me one more day to stay But since it falls unto my lot That I should rise and you should not I'll gently rise and I'll softly call Good night and joy be with you all A man may drink and not be drunk A man may fight and not be slain A man may court a pretty girl and perhaps be welcomed back again But since it has so ought to be By a time to rise and a time to fall Come fill to me the parting gla** Good night and joy be with you all Good night and joy be with you all