Jeepers! My all time fav German drinking song! Thanks for the German text. I learned this playing in the Polka band up in MinNEEsoTUH.
I once had a room full of elderly in a nursing home singing to Polkas during October activities. I looked out in the hall & saw the Mother Superior who had come to visit our resident who was a nun as we were singing this very song. As she turned around my thoughts were how much the Mother Superior would think we were all atrocious sinners, & me the worst of all, leading the singing. As I watched, her face was smiling & she was waving her hand back & forth to the Music & singing along! Turns out she was from Wisconsin, played the accordion, & wanted a copy of the Music.
    & the darndest thing--I had a black lab that would jump up & dance to this song everytime I would sing it. Every Octoberfest I've ever been to this is one of the songs that is sung during the "singalong" portion.