INTERNATIONAL

CANTUS

CODEX

RULES
A cantus is an old Belgian traditional night where students
come together to sing and drink. The important rule is
HAVING FUN! This does not happen in a random way,
everything is organized by a set of rules.
Where it all starts...
The evening starts when the "senior" enters the room. He
will be the chairman or the big boss for tonight.
The "senior" opens the evening with the words. "CANTUS
IN which is Latin for: the cantus has started. You are the
CORONA.
Verbum
Because a cantus is about tradition and respect, you
should always address the senior in a formal way. If you
want to say something you make a V above your head:
"PETO VERBUM". The senior decide if you can speak by
saying: "HABES" or refuses: "NON HABES ".
When you have to get up the senior says SURGITE and
you say SURGIMUS. The senior decides when you can
sit by saying: OMNES AD SEDES". You reply with
SEDIMUS.

If the senior says: "SILENTIUM", you reply with TRIPLEX

and everybody must stop talking and obey the silence.
Tempus
If you want to leave the table (e.g. to go to the toilet), you
make a T above your head PETO TEMPUS. The senior
agrees: HABES or refuses: NON HABES. You might
have to perform a little punishment or make a pissing
rhyme in order to go to the toilet.
Singing
If we sing, we sing! It is not allowed to disturb the cantus
in any way.
If there is "bis" behind a sentence you repeat it twice. If
a song is too long the senior can say during the song "At
ultimam, that means we go to the last verse. I can also
indicate in the beginning which block of texts or verse we
will sing. The senior indicates which strophe will be sung.

st1 : AD PRIMAM
nd2 : AD SECUNDAM
rd3 : AD TERTIAM
last: AD ULTIMAM

DrinkingIf you don't drink beer, you must mention this at

the beginning of the evening. The senior will instruct you
to drink. He will do so in Latin. He will say or sing the
words: PROSIT CORONA. You must then answer with:
PROSIT SENIOR. The senior can say this as many times
as he/she wants and you have to repeat it the same way.
In the end the senior will give a drinking command:
AD FUNDUM : The whole glass in one time AD LIBIDUM :
a half glass. AD TWO FINGERS: drink two fingers,
YOU NEVER DRINK WITHOUT FIRST SAYING PROSIT
SENIOR, PROSIT CORONA
For example the senior will say: PROSIT CORONA, AD
FUNDUM and you will reply with: PROSIT SENIOR,
PROSIT CORONA AD FUNDUM. After that you drink your
whole glass.
Another thing the senior can do is a Salamander. This
means we cheer together. An example:

Let us drink on the beautiful people that are here

tonight, commilitones (senior)
Heeeeeeeey (corona)
Let us drink on our committee, commilitones
Heeeeeeeey
Prosit corona, ad fundum!
Prosit senior, prosit corona, ad fundum

Nobody can force you to drink. If you dont want to drink

the whole glass, you dont have to. You can drink
whatever you want or stop drinking beer and ask for
water AT ANY TIME. Drinking is fun, but if you drink too
much it is less fun for you and the others! You can always
switch to water.
Punishments
If the senior decides that you didn't obey him or broke
one of the rules of the cantus, you will be asked to come
to the middle. This is called "AD PISTUM" or in Dutch IN
DE KAN. There you will have to perform a small and
funny punishment, unless you were really bad!
Messengers are the people who have to repeat the page
number. The senior decides who that will be. When the
senior says for example "We continue on page 213, the
page shafts repeat the page number like this "page 213,
2,1,3, 3,1,2, page 213". Other example page 11, 0, 1, 1,
1, 1, 0, page 11.
DOs

DONTs

Sing
Drink
Have fun
Listen to the senior

Clap your hands

Smoke
Use your phone
Leave your seat without
permission

SONGS
Io Vivat

Gaudeamus igitur

Io vivat ! io vivat !
Nostrorum sanitas
Hoc est amoris poculum !
Doloris est antidotum !
Io vivat ! io vivat !
Nostrorum sanitas

Gaudeamus igitur juvenes

dum sumus (bis)
post jucundam juventutem,
post molestam senectutem,
nos habebit humus (bis).

Io vivat ! io vivat !
Nostrorum sanitas
Dum nihil est in poculo,
Jam repleatur denuo !
Io vivat ! I o v
Io vivat ! io vivat !
Nostrorum sanitas
Nos jungit amicitia,
Et vinum praebet gaudia !
Io vi..
Io vivat ! io vivat !
Nostrorum sanitas
Jam tota Academia,
Nobiscum amet gaudi
Io vivat ! io vivat !
Nostrorum sanitas.

Ubi sunt qui ante nos

in mundo fuere? (bis)
Vadite ad superos,
transite ad inferos,
ubi jam fuere (bis).
Vita nostra brevis est,
brevi finietur (bis)
venit mors velociter,
rapit nos atrociter,
nemini parcetur (bis).
Pereat tristitia,
pereant osores, (bis)
pereat diabolus,
quivis antiburschius!!!, atque
irrisores (bis)

Clementine
In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine, Dwelt a
miner, forty-niner, and his
daughter Clementine.
Oh my darling, Oh my darling,
Oh my darling Clementine !
Thou art lost and gone for
ever, Dreadful sorry,
Clementine.
Light she was and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number
nine; Herring boxes, without
topses, Sandals were for
Clementine.
Chorus
Drove she ducklings, to the
water Every morning, just at
nine;Hit her foot against a
splinter, Fell into the foaming
brine.
Chorus

Saw her lips above the water,

Blowing bubbles mighty fine,
But alas I was no swimmer
So I lost my Clementine
Chorus
In my dreams she still doth
haunt me,Robed in
garments soaked in brine,
While in life I used to hug her,
Now she's dead I draw the
line.
Chorus
How I missed her, how I
missed her,How I missed my
Clementine, But I kissed her
little sister, And forgot my
Clementine.
Chorus

Drunken sailor
1. What shall we do with the
drunken sailor? (x3)Early in
the morning? Hooray and up
she rises, (3x) Early in the
morning.
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2. Put him in the long-boat

until he's sober (x3) Early in
the morning? Hooray and
3. Pull out the plug and wet
him all over (x3)
4. Put him in the scuppers
with a hosepipe on him.
5. Heave him by the leg in a
running bowlin'.
6. That's w'll do with the
drunken sailor.

Wonderwall (Oasis)
Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it
back to you,
By now you should have
somehow realised what you
gotta do,
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you
now
Backbeat the word is on the
street That the fire in your
heart is out,

I'm sure you've heard it all

before But you never really
had a doubt,
I don't believe that anybody
feels The way I do about you
now
And all the roads we have to
walk are winding,
And all the lights that lead us
there are blinding,
There are many things that I
would Like to say to you,
But I don't know how
Because maybe,
You're gonna be the one that
saves me?And after all
You're my wonderwall,
Today was gonna be the
day?But they'll never throw
it back to you,
By now you should have
somehow, Realised what
you're not to doI don't
believe that anybodyFeels
the way I do,
About you now
All the roads that lead you
there are winding
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All the lights that light the

way are blindingThere are
many things that I would like
to say to you, But I don't
know how
I said maybe,
You're gonna be the one that
saves me?And after
allYou're my wonderwall,
I said maybe,
You're gonna be the one that
saves me?
And after allYou're my
wonderwall
I said maybe
You're gonna be the one that
saves me
You're gonna be the one that
saves me
You're gonna be the one that
saves me

Mama Mia
I've been cheated by you since I
don't know when
So I made up my mind, it must come
to an end
Look at me now, will I ever learn?
I don't know how but I suddenly lose
control
There's a fire within my soul
Just one look and I can hear a bell
ring
One more look and I forget
everything, o-o-o-oh

Mamma mia, here I go again

My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed
you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma mia, now I really know,
My my, I could never let you go.
I've been angry and sad about the
things that you do
I can't count all the times that I've
told you we're through
And when you go, when you slam
the door
I think you know that you won't be
away too long
You know that I'm not that strong.
Just one look and I can hear a bell
ring
One more look and I forget
everything, o-o-o-oh
chorus
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed
you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed
you

Friends Theme
So no one told you life was gonna
be this way
Your job's a joke
You're broke
Your lovelife's D.O.A.
It's like you're always stuck in
second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your
week, your month, or even your year
but

I'll be there for you

(When the rain starts to poor)
I'll be there for you
(Like I've been there before)
I'll be there for you
('Cause you're there for me too)
You're still in bed at ten,
and work began at eight
You've burned your breakfast
So far, things are going great
Your mother warned you there'd be
days like these
But she didn't tell you when the
world would bring you down to your
knees that
Chorus
No one could ever know me
No one could ever see me
Seems you're the only one who
knows, what it's like to be me
Someone to face the day with
Make it through all the rest with
Someone I'll always laugh with
Even at my worst I'm best with you,
yeah

It's like you're always stuck in second

gear
When it hasn't been your day, your
week, your month, or even your year
Chorus
I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you
'Cause you're there for me too

Oh Sussana
I come from Alabamawith my
banjo on my knee Im going to
Louisianamy true love for to
see. It rained all night the day I
left, the weather it was dry. The
sun so hot I froze to death,
Susanna, don't you cry
Chorus:
Oh Sussanaoh dont you cry
for me, I come from
Alabamawith my banjo on my
knee.
I had a dreamthe other
nightwhen everything was still
I dreamt I saw Susannashe
was coming down the hill.

A buckwheat cake was in her

mouth, a tear was in her eye,
Says I, I'm coming from the
south, Susanna, don't you cry.
Chorus
It rained the night the day I
left, The weather it was dry,
Thesun so hot I froze to
death Sussana dont you cry.
Chorus

Dis in lucht
Foot on chair, foot on chair
Tralalalaliere,
Foot on chair, foot on chair
Tralalalala
Two on chair, two on chair...
Hand on table, hand on table
Table flies, table flies...
Hand on glass, hand on
glass...

Glass to mouth, glass to mouth..

* * PROSIT by the senior * *
Put glass down, put glass down,

Hand from table, hand from

table...
Foot off the chair, foot off the
chair...
Two off the chair, two off the
chair...

Alouette
Alouette, gentille alouette
Alouette je te plumerai.
Je te plumerai la tte
Je te plumerai la tte et la tte, et
la tte
Ooooohhh
Alouette, gentile alouette
Alouette, je te plumerai
.

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The wild rover

I've been a wild rover for
manys a year, I've spent all
my money on whiskey and
beer,
But now I'm returning with
gold in great store,
And I never will play the wild
rover no more.
Chorus:
And it's no nay never, never
no more, no nay never no
more,Will I play the wild
rover, no never no more.
I went into a nailhouse, I used
to frequent,I told the
landlady my money was
spent. I asked her for credit,
she answered me nay,
Such custom like yours I can
have every day.

I went up from my pocket ten

sovereigns bright,
And the landlady's eyes
opened wide with delight,
She says I have whiskeys and
wines of the best,and the
words that you told me were
only in jest.
Chorus
Ill go home to my parents,
confess what ive done, And
Ill ask them to pardon their
prodigal son.
And when theyve caressed
me, as oft times before,
Then I never will play the wild
rover no more.
Chorus

Chorus

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Macarena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegria
Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle
alegria y cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegria,
Macarena

Macarena Macarena
Macarena
Que te gustan los veranos de
Marbella
Macarena Macarena
Macarena
Que te gusta la movida
guerrillera
Chorus x2

Macarena tiene un novio que

Macarena suena con el Corte

Ingles
Y se compra los modelos mas
modernos
Le gustaria vivir en Nueva
York
Y ligar un novio Nuevo (x2)

se llama

chorus x2

Hey Macarena
chorus

Que se llama de apellido

Vitorino
Que en la jura de bandera el
muchacho
Se la dio con dos amigos (x2)
Chorus x2

Macarena tiene un novio que

se llama
Que se llama de apellido
Vitorino
Y en la jura de bandera del
muchacho
Se la dio con dos amigos (x2)
Chorus x2

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My Bonnie
My Bonnie is over the ocean.
My Bonnie is over the sea.My
Bonnie is over the ocean. Oooh
bring back my Bonnie to me (to
me).

The winds have blown over

the ocean,The winds have
blown over the sea, The
winds have blown over the
ocean,And brought back my
Bonnie to me.
Chorus (brought)

Bring back, (ter) my Bonnie to

me, to me Bring back, (bis) O
bring back my Bonnie to me (to
me).

When Johnny comes

marching home

O blow ye winds over the

ocean, O blow ye winds over
the sea, O blow ye winds over
the ocean, And bring back my
Bonnie to me.

When Johnny comes

marching home again,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We'll give him a hearty
welcome then
Hurrah! Hurrah.

Chorus
Last night as I lay on my pillow,
Last night as I lay on my bed,
Last night as I lay on my pillow,
I dreamed that my Bonnie was
dead.
Chorus

The men will cheer and the

boys will shoutThe ladies
they will all turn out,
And we'll all feel gay when
Johnny comes marching
home.
Get ready for the Jubilee,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We'll give the hero three
times three
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Hurrah! Hurrah!
The laurel wreath is ready
nowTo place upon his loyal
browAnd we'll all feel gay
when Johnny comes marching
home.

Summer of 69
I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it til my fingers bledIt
was the summer of '69

Ain't no use in complaining

When you got a job to do
Spent my evenings down at
the drive-in, And that's when I
met you
Standing on your Mama's
porch, You told me that you'd
wait forever. Oh and when
you held my handI knew
that it was now or never.
Those were the best days of
my life
Oh yeah!

Me and some guys from

school, Had a band and we
tried real hard, Jimmy quit
and Jody got marriedI
shouldve known we'd never
get far
Oh when I look back now
That summer seemed to last
forever, And if I had the
choiceYa - I'd always wanna
be there, Those were the best
days of my life

Back in the summer of '69

Man we were killing time, We
were young and restless We
needed to unwindI guess
nothing can last forever forever, no

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And now the times are

changin'Look at everything
that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that
old six-string I think about ya
wonder what went wrong
Standin' on your mamas
porch, You told me that it last
forever, Oh the way you held
my hand,
I knew that it was now or
never, Those were the best
days of my life

Cockles and Mussels

In Dublin's Fair City, where
girls are so pretty,I first set
my eyes on sweet Molly
Malone.
As she wheeld her a wheelbarrow thro' streets broad
and narrow,

Chorus :
Crying "COCKLES AND
MUSSELS, alive, alive
oh!"Alive, alive oh! alive,
alive oh!Crying "COCKLES
AND MUSSELS, alive, alive
oh!"
She was a fishmonger, and
sure t was no wonder,For so
were her father and mother
before.
And they each wheeld their
barrow Thro' streets broad
and narrow,
Chorus
She died of a fever, and noone could save her,And that
was the end of sweet Molly
Malone,
Her ghost wheels her barrow
Thro' streets broad and
narrow,
Chorus

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Loch Lomon
By yon bonnie banks and by
yon bonnie braes,Where the
sun shines bright on Loch
Lomon'
Where me and my true love
were ever wont to beOn the
bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch
Lomon'.

The wee birdies sing and the

wild flowers spring, And in
sunshine the waters are
sleeping,
But the broken heart will
kenno second spring
again,And the world does
not know how we are
greating.
Chorus

Oh you'll take the high

road,and I'll take the low
roadAnd I'll be in Scotland
before you, But me and my
true love will never meet
again,On the bonnie, bonnie
banks of Loch Lomon'
I mind where we parted in
yon shady glen,On the
steep, steep side of Ben
Lomon'
Where in deep purple
hue,the Highland hills we
viewAnd the moon coming
out in the gloaming.
Chorus
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Bully In The Alley

Chorus

Chorus
Help me Bob, I'm bully in the
alley, Wey hey, Bully in the
alley. Help me Bob, I'm bully
in the alley, Bully down in
Shinbone al.

If ever I get back, I'll marry

little Sally, Wey hey, Bully in
the alley.Have six kids and
live in Shinbone alley, Bully
down in Shinbone al.

Sally is a girl that I loved

dearly, Wey hey, Bully in the
alley. Sally is the girl that I
spliced nearly, Bully down in
Shinbone al.
Chorus
For seven long years I
courted little Sally, Wey hey,
Bully in the alley. All She did
was dilly and dally, Bully
down in Shinbone al
Chorus

Chorus
I thought I heard the old man
saying, Wey hey, Bully in the
alley. One more pull and
we're belaying, Bully down in
Shinbone al.
Chorus
Help me Bob, I'm bully in the
alley,Wey hey, Bully in the
alley. Help me Bob, I'm bully
in the alley, Bully down in
Shinbone al.
Chorus

I left my Sal, I went a-sailing

Wey hey, Bully in the alley.
Signed on a big ship, I went
a-whaling. Bully down in
Shinbone al.

If ever I get back, I'll marry

little Sally,
Wey hey, Bully in the alley.

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Atemlos

Wir zieh'n durch die Straen und

die Clubs dieser Stadt
Das ist unsre' Nacht, wie fr uns
beide gemacht, oho oho
Ich schliee meine Augen,
lsche jedes Tabu
Ksse auf der Haut, so wie ein
Liebes-Tattoo, oho, oho.
Was das zwischen uns auch ist,
Bilder die man nie vergisst
Und dein Blick hat mir gezeigt,
das ist unsre' Zeit

Atemlos durch die Nacht

Bis ein neuer Tag erwacht
Atemlos einfach raus
Deine Augen zieh'n mich aus!
Atemlos durch die Nacht
Spr' was Liebe mit uns macht
Atemlos, schwindelfrei, groes
Kino fr uns zwei
Wir sind heute ewig, tausend
Glcksgefhle
Alles was ich bin, teil' ich mit Dir
Wir sind unzertrennlich,
irgendwie unsterblich
Komm nimm' meine Hand und
geh' mit mir

Komm wir steigen auf das

hchste Dach dieser Welt
Halten einfach fest was uns
zusammen hlt, oho, oho
Bist du richtig schtig, Haut an
Haut ganz berauscht
Fall in meine Arme und der
Fallschirm geht auf, oho, oho.
Alles was ich will, ist da, groe
Freiheit pur, ganz nah
Nein wir wollen hier nicht weg,
alles ist perfekt
Atemlos durch die Nacht
Spr' was Liebe mit uns macht
Atemlos, schwindelfrei, groes
Kino fr uns zwei
Wir sind heute ewig, tausend
Glcksgefhle
Alles was ich bin, teil' ich mit Dir
Wir sind unzertrennlich,
irgendwie unsterblich
Komm nimm' meine Hand und
geh' mit mir
Atemlos
Lust pulsiert auf meiner Haut
Atemlos durch die Nacht
Spr' was Liebe mit uns macht
Atemlos, schwindelfrei, groes
Kino fr uns zwei
Wir sind heute ewig, tausend
Glcksgefhle
Alles was ich bin, teil' ich mit Dir
Wir sind unzertrennlich,
irgendwie unsterblich
Komm nimm' meine Hand und
geh' mit mir
Atemlos

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A, a, a, Valete Studia

John Brown

1.
A, a, a valete studia!
Studia relinquimus
Patriam repetimus
A, a, a valete studia!

John Brown's body lies a-

2.
E, e, e ite, miseriae!
Instant nobis feriae,
Tempus est laetitiae.
E, e, e, ite, miseriae !
3.
I, i, i, vivant philosophi!
Studiosi parvuli
Etiam sunt bibuli,
I, i, i, vivant philosophi!
4.
O, o, o, nil est in poculo!
Repleatur denuo !
Nummi sunt in sacculo,
O, o, o, nil est in poculo!
5.
U, u, u ingente spiritu!
Celebramus epulas,
Cras habemus ferias,
U, u, u, ingente spiritu!

mouldering in the grave, (x3)

But his soul goes marching on.

Chorus:
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
His soul goes marching on.
He's gone to be a soldier in the
Army of the Lord, (x3)
But his soul goes marching on.

Chorus:
John Brown died that the slaves
might be free, (x3)
But his soul goes marching on.

Chorus:
The stars above in Heaven now
are looking kindly down, (x3)
on the grave of old john brown.

Chorus:

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Yankee Doodle

Hole in my Bucket

Yankee Doodle went to

town,
A-riding on a pony,
He stuck a feather in his
hat
And called it macaroni.

Theres a hole in my bucket,

dear Liza, dear Liza, Theres a
hole in my bucket, dear Liza, a
hole

Yanke doodle, keep it up.

Yankee doodle dandy.
Mind the music an the step
and with the girls be handy!
Yankee Doodle is a tune,
It sounds so mighty handy.
All the enemies run away
At Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Yanke doodle, keep it up.
Yankee doodle dandy.
Mind the music an the step
and with the girls be handy!

Go fix it, dear Henry, dear

Henry, dear Henry,Go fix it,
dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it
With what shall I fix it dear
Liza, dear Liza, with what shall
I fix it, dear Liza, with what?
With a straw, dear Henry,
dear Henry, dear Henry with a
straw, dear Henry, dear
Henry, a straw.
But the straw is too long, dear
Liza, dear Liza, But the straw
is too long, dear Liza, too
long.
Well cut it... cut it
With what shall I cut it... with
what?

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With an axe... with an axe

The axe is too dull... too dull
Well sharpen it... hone it
On what shall I sharpen it...
on what?
With a stone... with a stone
The stone is too dry... too dry
Well wet it... wet it
With what shall I wet it... with
what?
Try water use water!
In what shall I fetch it... in
what?
With a bucket... with a bucket

Trink Trink Bruderlein

Trink
Das Trinken, das soll man
nicht lassen, Das Trinken
regiert doch die Welt, Man
soll auch den Menschen nicht
hassen, Der stets eine Lage
bestellt.Ob Bier oder Wein,
ob Champagner, Nur lasst uns
beim Trinken nicht prahlen,
Es trank den Champagner
schon mancher,Und konn
ihn nachher nicht bezahlen.
Trink, trink, Brderlein, trink!
Lass doch die Sorgen zu Haus!
Trink, trink, Brderlein, trink!
Zieh doch die Stirn nicht zu
Grauss. ((Meide!) Meide den
Kummer und meide den
Schmerz, Dann ist das Leben
ein Scherz (bis))

Theres a hole in my bucket...

a hole!!

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Das Lieben, das Trinken, das

Singen, Schafft Freude und
frhlichen Mut. Den Frauen,
den must du eins bringen, Sie
sind doch so lieb und so gut
(in bed!). Verlieb dich solange
du jung bist, Die Hauptsach,
du bist noch nicht blau, Denn
wenn man beim schnsten
Trunk ist,Bekommt man sehr
leicht eine Frau.

Toilet Rhyme:
Formula:
A
B
B
A
Words to use:
Exchange
Kolibrien
Alcohol

Chorus
Der Moses, der hat gar nicht
bel, Ein elftes Gebot noch
erdacht,Das steht nicht in
der BibelUnd hat so viel
Freude gemacht. Mann hatte
es uns unterschlagen, Weil
Trinken und Saufen e preist ;
Ich aber, ich darf es euch
sagen,Ja, wit ihr denn auch
wie es heit?
Chorus

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