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One More Drink for the Four of Us" (aka "Glorious" or "Drunk Last Night") is a traditional drinking and marching song. It became popular during the First World War, and has been widely repurposed for other marches, college bands, and social clubs. It is referenced in Ulysses [1] and Finnegans Wake. [2]
Drinking from a shoe has historically been performed as both a bringer of good fortune, a hazing punishment, or a party piece. Drinking champagne from a lady's slipper became a symbol of decadence in the early 20th century. The practice remains particularly popular in Australia, where it is called (doing) a shoey. [1]
An alcoholic drink is a drink that contains ethanol, commonly known as alcohol. Alcoholic drinks are divided into three general classes: beers, wines, and distilled beverages. They are legally consumed in most countries, and over one hundred countries have laws regulating their production, sale, and consumption. [1]
The global alcoholic drink industry exceeded $1.5 trillion in 2017. [3] Alcohol is one of the most widely used recreational drugs in the world, and about 33% of all humans currently drink alcohol. [4] In 2015, among Americans, 86% of adults had consumed alcohol at some point, with 70% drinking it in the last year and 56% in the last month. [5]
Hooker's song is notated as a medium tempo blues with an irregular number of bars in 4/4 time in the key of E. [15] It was recorded in Chicago in 1966 with Hooker on vocal and guitar, guitarist Eddie "Guitar" Burns, and unknown accompanists. [17] The song was released on the Chess Records album The Real Folk Blues (1966). [18]
The notes' positions in the major scale are 5 < 1 < 2 < 3 as numbered diatonically and 8 < 1 < 3 < 5 as numbered chromatically (e.g., G < C < D < E in C major, C < F < G < A in F major, and D < G < A < B in G major). Play ⓘ The transition of the melody from a hymn to a song associated with drinking caused some confusion.
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Rateliff has said the song is, at heart, a troubled song about drinking one's life away after a break-up, [2] and explained that the lyrics are based on his personal experience with delirium tremens during alcohol withdrawal. [3] He also described it as a "joke song" and said that originally his band did not plan to record it, but due to ...