Nun lichtet die Anker und segelt fort!
Paris, Paris sei mein letzter Port.
Und sollt' ich auch sterben wohl mauf dem Weg,
so senkt mich nicht ein in das nasse Geheg'!
Legt mich in einen tannenen Schrein
und grabt mich bei meinem Kaiser ein!

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• by Anton Hackel (1799 - 1846), "Der alte Matrose", op. 88
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