Trinke Wein [English translation]

Somber light in the public house

All alone I sat in front of my dish

For all of my many good drinking pals

Yesterday had been eating fish

Water it spoils both liver and bowel

So drink wine, drink wine, drink it up my friend

Empty it all in one go , and fill it up again

So drink wine, drink wine, drink it up my friend

Empty it all in one go , and fill it up again

So i drank to my ability

For my friends i drank too

Soon my senses left me

So the time of suffering was through

Water it spoils both liver and bowel

So drink wine, drink wine, drink it up my friend

Empty it all in one go , and fill it up again

So drink wine, drink wine, drink it up my friend

Empty it all in one go , and fill it up again

My love she ran off with another man

Three times left me on the brink

But soon after she came back again

For he had nought but water to drink

Water it spoils both liver and bowel

So drink wine, drink wine, drink it up my friend

Empty it all in one go , and fill it up again

So drink wine, drink wine, drink it up my friend

Empty it all in one go , and fill it up again

If ye want a jolly-good time

Take to you a gorgeous cask

Make shure it is filled to the brim

And drink down to the very last glass

Water it spoils both liver and bowel

So drink wine, drink wine, drink it up my friend

Empty it all in one go , and fill it up again

So drink wine, drink wine, drink it up my friend

Empty it all in one go, and fill it up again