I don't know any drinking songs, so I don't know what you're referring to there. Even parsing "another" as a triplet (which granted, works, but is pushing it a bit), the first sentence doesn't scan either.
da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
There are seven syllables (or whatever they're called in music, stresses maybe?) in each line. In the set you quoted there are 6 in the first and 8 in the second - which yes, adds up to the same as 7 and 7 but it's not the same thing musically. Just sayin' :)
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da da da da da da da
da da da da da da da
There are seven syllables (or whatever they're called in music, stresses maybe?) in each line. In the set you quoted there are 6 in the first and 8 in the second - which yes, adds up to the same as 7 and 7 but it's not the same thing musically. Just sayin' :)