Come, have a drink with me –
Care can swallow love,
And tasks devour time
Enough of cups of tea!
Your eyes, ever more sublime,
Dancing bright above
A brown and friendly beer
Will soon meet mine, my dear
Intoxicatingly.
When I was young, my bells were rung
For impossible adventures
It’s not the same, no bells proclaim...
Though I’m under the spell
Of you when young, my life’s best half,
It still may not be well...
