1980
A Drinking Song
Composed by 
David Leisner
David Leisner Text by 
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats O Love is the Crooked Thing Song Collection
"A Drinking Song" is the third song of David Leisner's song cycle O Love is the Crooked Thing.
The audio selection features William Alvarado, baritone, and Kate Bowen, piano. The recording is from a live performance in Boston, 1998. Used with the permission of the composer.
Text
A Drinking Song
by William Butler Yeats
Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That’s all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh.
Audio
“A Drinking Song” (from “O Love is the Crooked Thing”)
William Alvarado (baritone) & Kate Bowen (piano)1:34
Sheet Music
O Love Is The Crooked Thing
David Leisner
1. Down by the Salley Gardens
2. The Two Trees
3. A Drinking Song
4. The Wild Swans at Coole
5. Brown Penny
2. The Two Trees
3. A Drinking Song
4. The Wild Swans at Coole
5. Brown Penny