Trink, trink, Brüderlein, trink [English translation]

One never should give up on drinking,

Good drink makes the world go around.

And always be good to the fellow

Who's ready to pay for a round.

Champagne or fine wine or good lager,

But when drinking don't think you're so fab.

A lot of men drank up their liquor

Who then couldn't pay down the tab.

[Chorus:]

Drink, drink, goodfellow drink,

Leave your woes in some other place

Drink, drink, goodfellow drink,

Don't make such a horrible face.

Forget all your worries, forget all your past

Then life will just be a blast.

Forget all your worries, forget all your past

Then life will just be a blast.

Old Moses, who wrote the commendments,

Was thinking of making one more.

But you won't find it now in the Bible

It had too much pleasure in store.

They hid it away from us topers:

It listed the pleasures of drink

But I'll glady reveal here the wording

And let me know then what you think.