The Jolly Brother

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Title:     The Jolly Brother
Author: Joseph Victor Scheffel [More Titles by Scheffel]

BY COUNT ALBERT VON SCHLIPPENBACH.

Ein Heller und ein Batzen
Die waren beide mein,
Der Heller ward zu Wasser,
Der Batzen ward zu Wein.

A farthing and a sixpence,
And both of them were mine;
The farthing went for water,
And the sixpence went for wine.

The landlord and his daughter
Cry, both of them, 'Oh, woe!'
The landlord when I'm coming,
And the daughter when I go.

My shoes are all in pieces,
My boots are torn, d'ye see;
And yonder, on the hedges,
The birds are singing free.

And if there were no taverns,
I'd never wish to roam;
And no bung-hole in the barrel,
Then I couldn't drink at home.

[The end]
Joseph Victor Scheffel's poem: Jolly Brother

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