HAIL ! HAIL !  THE GANG'S ALL HERE !
(Words by D.A. Estron / Music by Theodore Morse and Arthur Sullivan, 1917)
Irving Kaufman - 1943
Fred Astaire


A gang of good fellows are we, (are we,)
Are we, (are we,) are we, (are we,)
With never a worry you see, (you see,)
You see, (you see,) you see, (you see,)
We laugh and joke, we sing and smoke,
And live life merrily;
No matter the weather
When we get together
We have a jubilee.

[Chorus]

We love one another we do, (we do,)
We do, (we do,) we do, (we do,)
With brotherly love and it's true, (it's true,)
It's true, (it's true,) it's true, (it's true,)
It's one for all, the big and small,
It's always me for you;
No matter the weather
When we get together
We drink a toast for two.

[Chorus]

When out for a good time we go, (we go,)
We go, (we go,) we go, (we go,)
There nothing we do that is slow, (is slow,)
Is slow, (is slow,) is slow, (is slow,)
Of joy we get our share you bet,
The gang will tell you so;
No matter the weather
When we get together
We sing this song you know:

[Chorus]

ORIGINAL CHORUS:

Hail! Hail! the
gang's all here,
What the deuce do
we care,
What the deuce do
we care,
Hail! Hail! we're
full of cheer,
What the deuce do
we care Bill!

OTHER WELL KNOWN VERSIONS:

Hail, hail, the
gang's all here,
Never mind the
weather, here we are together;
Hail, hail, the
gang's all here,
Sure we're glad
that you're here, too!

Hail, hail, the
gang's all here,
We're a bunch of
live ones, not a single dead one;
Hail, hail, the
gang's all here,
Sure I'm glad
that I'm here, too!



(Contributed by Andy & Mogg - 2002)