Ehestandsfreuden [English translation]

Marriage is to my belief

A foolish thing

One eats and drinks of it to such full burst

That what's left to do is just bounce and leap

Six weeks pass by without notice

You're blinded in this time

The married couple is of one mind

It's all "My dear, my baby"!

In this time you do all these foolish things

You live, you don't know how

Matrimony is like heaven

And full of harmony!

(INTERLUDE)

It needs no more than nine months

And everything changes already

The woman quarrels, the man scolds

A baby is arriving

The woman mutters like a bear

The child flees from her belly

So it's all about give me the cradle ribbon

And sing a lullaby

(INTERLUDE)

Matrimony is a mixed dish

Sometimes sour and sometimes sweet

Often you have loads of children

So you have to pull yourself together!

The children scream all the time

The ears hurt

The man flees into the bar for a beer

The woman sticks to coffee

(INTERLUDE)

I don't have many children

They are no more than twelve

And at night they cry

And they eat as much as wolves!

And now this song comes to an end

The lights go out

And those who don't believe me should try it

I keep myself out of it