My father got this when he was in the navy can anyone translate
>>14143623
I can, I'm german. But can you give me the whole text?
>>14143623
It say something like this:
A drop in the cup,
and the bag flabby
The heart and the tongue craving for...
further i need the whole text
Tried my best as I am speaking German as mother tongue but am not the best translator ... so I did not translate word by word but to keep the meaning of the lyrics; it is german writing, a student's song, of around 1860
"Keinen Tropfen im Becher mehr und der Beutel schlaff und leer,
lechzend Herz und Zunge.
Angetan hat mir’s dein Wein, deiner Äuglein heller Schein,
[: Lindenwirtin, du junge! :]"
"Not a single drop left in the cup,
and the pouch is sagging and empty,
longing heart and tongue,
I am longing for your wine, the bright shining of your eyes
[Ref: Landlady, you young one]"
And a sing-a-long :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCRYqMrzqtE
Lindenwirtin = "Landlady of the basswood"; in Germany and Austria Pubs and Inns have often been - and still are - named after a landmark or tree nearby the pub; So I guess it was a pub near some basswoods, called "Lindenwirt" , and the young landlady might be the daughter of the landlord