Drink It Down is a traditional American drinking song found in many variants. The drink varies from stanza to stanza but the common refrain is "Drink it down ! Drink it down !"
In Charles Samuel Elliot's 1870 collection of Yale College songs the refrain goes:
In the version cited by Jack London in The Strange Experience of a Misogynist the refrain goes:
Elements of the traditional song were used in "Drink It Down", a 1936 song by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin, first sung in the film Rhythm on the Range (1936) by Leonid Kinskey and Bing Crosby, accompanied by Bob Burns.
"Drink it Down" is the thirty-fifth single by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on April 2, 2008. The single debuted at number one on the Oricon chart. It was the theme song of Devil May Cry 4 video game.
All lyrics written by Hyde, when lyrics are not presented.
Hola Senor
Please pour me one more
I can still feel my fingers
I've only stumbled in
For a tonic and gin
And some hurt in the morning
So turn me up and deal me in
Before I am a has-been
Raise up your glass
Throw another back
Let's drink to me
Cuz I am the king of would be
I work my hands rough
But its never enough
This world will soon break me
Forever held down
So they gave me the crown
Obscurity here I come
Just one more song for one more dance
This may be my last chance
Rescue me from this catastrophe
Fill me up and grant me salvation
One last salute to celebrate us all
A final shot of that alcohol