Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Wilderun
Canonical path: /wilderun/how-stands-the-glass-around
Related lyric paths: 6
Lyric guide
How Stands The Glass Around?
Read How Stands The Glass Around? lyrics by Wilderun on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
person
Curated by Ethan Walker
LyroVerse team
Reference snapshot
The page facts to cite before the commentary
Use this page for the lyric text, linked artist context, and any LyroVerse editor's note attached to the song. Listener comments remain user-generated and should not be treated as the primary source.
Lyrics
How Stands The Glass Around?
The lyric stays readable and compact here; the note and related paths sit nearby so you do not lose the song while looking for context.
How stands the glass around?
For shame you take no care, my boys
How stands the glass around?
Let wine and mirth abound
The trumpet sounds
The colors they do fly, my boys
To fight, kill or wound
As you would be found
Connected with hard fare, my boys
On the cold ground
Why, soldiers, why?
Must we be melancholy boys
Why, soldiers, why?
Whose business is to die
What sighing? Fye!
Drink on. Drown fear, be jolly, boys
Tis he, you or I
Wet, hot, cold or dry
We're always bound to follow, boys
And scorn to fly
'Tis but vain
I mean not to upbraid you boys
'Tis but vain
For a soldier to complain
Should next campaign
Send us to him that made us boys
We're free from pain
But should we remain
A bottle and kind landlady
Cures all again
Quick answers
What this page can answer fast
Who performs "How Stands The Glass Around?"?
Wilderun performs "How Stands The Glass Around?", and this lyric page sits inside the Wilderun catalog on LyroVerse.
Are there related songs to explore after "How Stands The Glass Around?"?
Yes. The related section below points to And So Opens The Earth (Ash Memory Part I) and Everything In Its Right Place with a short reason for opening each page next.
Where can I find more songs by Wilderun?
Use the artist link near the top of the page or the related paths section below to keep moving through Wilderun's lyric pages.
Song Room
Open Song Room
Interpretations, questions, and corrections for this song
Interpretations, questions, memories, and correction notes live together here. The room stays noindex while the best insights are reviewed.
Listener comments
What people are saying
No listener comments on How Stands The Glass Around? yet.
A strong comment here is specific: the phrase you keep hearing, the mood you come back for, or the reason this song stays in rotation.
Sign in to post the first listener note. Reporting stays open to everyone.