drinking song

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Recent Examples of drinking song This joyous drinking song begins with pep before slowing down and giving the musicians room to stretch out. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025 Ahead of his Fort Worth show, Myers spoke by phone with the Star-Telegram about his musical inspirations, growing up on a cattle ranch, and writing drinking songs at 17. Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2025 May 15, 2024 The pub, long known as a hangout for musicians, initially featured Irish troubadours performing drinking songs and traditional Irish ditties. Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024 Toby Keith, a former rodeo hand, oil rigger and semipro football player who became a rowdy king of country music, singing patriotic anthems, wry drinking songs and propulsive odes to cowboy culture that collectively sold more than 40 million records, died Feb. 5 at 62. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024 Over the course of the show, the men’s bravado—on display in boisterous bar scenes, complete with drinking songs and a fistfight with British airmen—fades into shellshocked resignation as more of their friends fail to return from missions. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drinking song
Noun
  • The Buford band opened the event with a fight song as fans piled into the building.
    Jack Leo, AJC.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Among the honorees was Dr. Hugh Roberts, a beloved teacher who taught critical thinking and who wrote the alma mater and fight song.
    Debby Rice, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • So is the simple and slow chord progression underlying it all, making for a folk song that avoids the predictable tropes of protest music and doesn’t rely on cynicism as a dead end.
    Grace Robins-Somerville, Pitchfork, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Why This Title Matters For BTS For BTS to name their comeback album after Korea's most beloved folk song is a deeply intentional choice.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Seriosa music, Indonesia’s unique adaptation of the Western art song, profoundly shaped his artistic identity.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The performance highlights a blend of musical theater, art song and opera, bringing together four opera singers for a program that celebrates motherhood, family, love and all that life offers.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Most recently, it's yielded almost power-ballad-style torch songs as another facet of the group's success.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Yet for longtime fans of her music, the film’s original soundtrack was the true payoff from the project, with plenty of heartfelt torch songs and eye-watering balladry across a track list that Gaga helmed with producers like Dave Cobb and Lukas Nelson, and artists like Mark Ronson and Jason Isbell.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Cyrus's fiancé, Maxx Morando, who walked the carpet with the pop star, was slightly more casual.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 2 Feb. 2026
  • But the Icelandic jazz-pop hybrid had more on her mind than just celebrating.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 2 Feb. 2026

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“Drinking song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drinking%20song. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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