Der Nachtwandler
Night-time Walkabout
Brettl Lieder Brettl Songs
Falke
Drummer let the drum-head sound,
And trumpeter, blow, blow away
So that out from their cosy beds they bound,
Shouting: Murder! Michel! Murder! Hey!
Toot and brrm, toot and brrm
Nightcaps flying around the room.
And so I walk into the night
Where moonlight banishes the shade,
With two Mam’selles for company,
A laundress and an ironing maid:
Louise on the left, Marie on the right,
And, the musicians there ahead, you see.
But when the house comes into view,
The one I pointed out to you,
Please, take a break. Behave,
And be as silent as the grave!
Hush, hush! Quiet as a mouse,
Softly find your way around the house.
My formidable Henriette,
It’s here that she is housed.
Mind the noise does not upset her,
She’ll scratch our eyes out if she’s roused.
Hush, hush! Quiet as a mouse,
Softly find your way around the house.
Now,play with joy again, musicians!
Danger threatens us no more;
Drum the old aunts, such apparitions,
To their windows as before!
Toot and brrm, toot and brrm
Nightcaps flying around the room.
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