OKTOBERFEST IS VERY NEAR…..

OKTOBERFEST IS VERY NEAR

AND MUNICH READIED ALL THEIR BEER

PLUS PRETZELS, CHICKEN, SAUSAGES

FROM EV’RY REGION THE BEST.

THE VAT NOW HAD A TAP INSTALLED

‘BEER IS READY!’ SOMEONE CALLED

THE WAITRESSES SO BUSTY, STRONG,

BRING FOAMING BREW YOU ALL DAY LONG.

SUDDENLY THE MUSIC TONES,

RYTHMIC NOISE AND ON IT DRONES

WITH OOMPAH, OOMPAH BOOM, BOOM, BOOM

IN THE CENTRE NOW THE BRASS BANDS LOOM.

WELL- KNOWN SONGS ARE SUNG BY ALL

AND EVERYBODY HAS A BALL

THE GIANT TENT’S SWAYING IN BEER-SWILLING MOOD

WITH GUZZLING, SINGING AND EATING SOME FOOD.

IF LIFE COULD ALWAYS BE FULL OF CHEER

- NO SOURPUSS IS WANTED HERE -

FOLK MUSIC, BEER, LAUGHTER FILL THIS SITE

THAT’S WHAT WE CALL ‘GEMUEHTLICHKEIT!’

Peter Frederick

http://www.peterfrederick.org