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.
Forgive long days when no notes come
I feel the lack as well as you –
Something creative and honest to do...
Chivalrous feelings restrain
A chap who is your worshipper
And yet the fact must remain...
