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drinking song

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noun

a song of hearty character suitable for singing by a group engaged in convivial drinking.

Origin of drinking song

First recorded in 1590–1600

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for drinking song

Historical Examples of drinking song

And he made his way homewards, singing a Greek drinking-song as he went.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2
Ernst Eckstein
This composition ranks with the drinking-song in popularity.
Stars of the Opera
Mabel Wagnalls
And so in "Hamlet" its drinking-song is one of the most celebrated numbers of the opera.
Stars of the Opera
Mabel Wagnalls
Here are a couple of verses of one, said to be the first carol or drinking-song composed in England.
The History of the Catnach Press
Charles Hindley
And she ran the faster, and sang a drinking-song of the Spahis all the louder, because still at her heart a dull pain was aching.
Under Two Flags
Ouida [Louise de la Ramee]