A beautiful waltz song where the melody flows, rivers flow, and beer flows, 1902.
words by Vincent P. Bryan
music by Harry Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
- Now poets may sing of the dear Fatherland
And the soft flowing dreamy old Rhine
Beside the Blue Danube in fancy they stand
And they rave of it’s beauties divine
But there is a spot where the sun never shines
Where mirth and good fellowship reign
For dear old Bohemia my lonely heart pines
And I long to be there once again
Refrain:
Take me down, down, down
Where the Wurzburger flows, flows, flows
It goes down, down, down
But nobody knows where it goes
Just order two seidels of lager, or three
If I don’t want to drink it, please force it on me
The Rhine may be fine but a cold stein for mine
Down where the Wurzburger flows
- The Rhine by moonlight’s a beautiful sight
When the wind whispers low through the vines
But give me some good old Rathskellar at night
Where the brilliant electric light shines
The poet’s may think it’s delightful to hear
The nightingale piping his lay
Give me a piano, a cold stein of beer
And a fellow who knows how to play
Sung here by Fred Feild: