The Breitmann Ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland
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Und niemond in der Goss' mehr ischt,
Nur Schone Madel wolle mer fonga, Wie es gebil'te Leut' verlonga. At de picknock oud in Spraker's Wood, De Bier was soft-de gals were good: Oondil von feller, vild and rasch, Called out for a Yankee brandy-smash! A crow vot vas valkin on de vall, Fell dead ven he hear dis Dootchmann call; For he knew dat droples coom, py shinks! Ven de Dootch go in for Yankee drinks. De Dootch got ravin droonk ash sin, Dey smash de windows out und in; Dey bust und bang de bar-room ein, Und call for a bucket of branntewein. Avay, avay, demselfs dey floong, Und a wild infernal lied dey sung: 'Tvas, "Tam de wein, and cuss de bier! Ve tont care nix for de demprance here! "O keep a pringin juleps in, Und baldface corn dat burn like sin; Mit apple tods und oldt shtone fence, Ve'll all get corned ere ve go hence!" Dey dash deir glasses on de cround, |
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