THERE sat one day in quiet, By an alehouse on the Rhine, Four hale and hearty fellows, And drank the precious wine. The landlord's daughter filled their cups, Around the rustic board; Then sat they all so calm and still, But when the maid departed, A Swabian raised his hand, And cried, all hot and flushed with wine, "Long live the Swabian land! "The greatest kingdom upon earth "Ha!" cried a Saxon, laughing, Than that Swabian land of thine! "The goodliest land on all this earth, “Hold your tongues! both Swabian and Saxon!" A bold Bohemian cries; |