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The Weihnachts-Poem

When the last Kalender-sheets

and Decemberwind is blowing,

then is everybody knowing

that it is not allzuweit:

she does come, the Weihnachtszeit.

All the Menschen, Leute, people

flippen out of ihrem Stübel

run to Kaufhof,Aldi, Mess

make Konsum and business.

Kaufen this and jenes Dings

and the churchturmglocke rings!

In the kitchen of the house

mother makes the Christmasschmaus.

She is working, schufting, bakes,

hit is now her Yoghurtkeks.

Then the childrenlein are coming

candle-wachs is abwärts running

Bing of Crosby Christmas sings

while the Towerglocke rings

and the angles look so fine

Weil,this is the Weihnachtstime.

Baby-eyes are big and rund,

the family feels kerngesund,

when unterm Baum is hocking -

really nothing can them shocking.

The family begins to sing

and wieder does a Glöckchen ring.

Zum Song vom grünen Tannenbaum

die Tränen rennen down and down -

bis the mother plötzlich flennt:

'Die Gans im Ofen ist verbrennt!

because her nose is very fine

wie jedes Jahr zur Christmastime.