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{\normalfont\large Karl Friedrich Müchler,}
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{\normalfont\LARGE Down deep within the cellar}
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{\itshape translated by John Oxenford}
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Down deep within the cellar, here\\
Against a butt I rest, Sir,\\
My heart of ev'ry care I clear,\\
And swear I'll have the best, Sir.
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The cellar man taps any cask,\\
I choose by nod or winking;\\
He fills the glass, he loves his task\\
As I love drinking, drinking!
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The demon thirst I could withstand,\\
Nay, if I could, would kill it;\\
I therefor take my glass in hand\\
And with good liquor fill it.
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The world then wears a hue so gay,\\
It nearly sets me blinking;\\
All evil thoughts I scare away,\\
While drinking, drinking, drinking!
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Bu oh, at ev`ry glass I drain,\\
That ragging thirst increases,\\
To drown it, tiplers strive in vain,\\
It never, never ceases.
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Yet where's the odds if down I fall?\\
E'en now I feel a sinking;\\
I do not harm, wish well to all,\\
While drinking, drinking,  drinking!
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{\itshape \small Translation of the German
poem ``Im tiefen Keller sitz ich hier'' by
{\scshape Karl Friedrich Müchler}
($\ast$1763-09-02~--~$\dagger$1857-01-12)
into English by John Oxenford.

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Arg-944-1898 (2013-12-04 10:09:38)

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Pri la tradukinto John Oxenford vidu la
retejon \url{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oxenford}.}
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