“BITTE, HERR, BEZAHLEN !”
‘* There was a young fellow at Sulden
Possessed of a number of gulden.
He spent and expended
Until they were ended
And then he departed from Sulden ! ”
GORTHE.
IF e’er to Austrian or Swiss
(My plural’s faulty) Thalen
You go, these words you cannot miss,
“QO, bitte, Herr, bezahlen !”
By night the “gemsen ” you may hunt,
(The fleas, in common parlan-
Ce), and for your sport the bill confront-
Eth, “Bitte, Herr, bezahlen! ”
And if you call the waitress neat
“ Mein liebchen—little darlin’ !”
Her pretty mouth will murmur sweet,
“O bitte, Herr, bezahlen !”
And when your guide, divinely drunk,
As helpless as a carline.
Deserts the party in a funk,
Yet “ Bitte, Herr, bezahlen !”
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