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by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), as Pffenberger Deutzelheim

Lager beer 
Language: English 
I lafs und sings, und shumps aroundt.
                Und somedimes acd so gueer.
You ask me vot der matter ish?
                I'm filled mit lager peer.

I hugs mine child, und giss mine vife.
                Oh, my dey was so dear;
Bot dot ish ven, you know, mire friend,
                 I'm filled mit lager peer.

Eleetion gomes, I makes mire speech,
                Mine het it vas so glear:
De beoples laf, und say ha, ha,
                He's filled mit lager peer.

De oder night I got me mad,
                De beoples run mit fear.
De bleeceman gome und took me down
                All filled mit lager peer.

Next day I gomes pefore de judge,
                Says he, "Eh heh, you're here!"
I gives you yust five-fifty-five
                For trinking lager peer.

I took mine bocket book qvick oud,
                So poor I don't abbear;
Mine money all vas gone, mine friend
                Vas gone in lager peer.

Und den dey dakes me off to shail,
                To work mine sendence glear,
Und dere I shwears no more to be
                Filled oup mit lager peer.

Und from dot day I drinks no more,
                Yah, dat is very gueer,
But den I found de tevil lifed
                In dot same lager peer.

First published in the Dayton Tattler

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), as Pffenberger Deutzelheim, "Lager beer" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Lager beer ", 2011 [baritone and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
Line count: 32
Word count: 196

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