Drinking songs
Lyrics to songs you can toast to
Schnapps is all about tradition, fun and ritual.
Schnapps is all about traditions, fun and rituals. And one of the finest schnapps traditions we know is: The drinking songs! That's why we've dedicated this page to some of the best drinking songs we know. We've collected the lyrics here if you don't already know them by heart.
Click here for English, German and Swedish songs
Danish drinking songs
Chop, chop, chop
Melody: Sour, sour, sour, sour
Haps, haps, haps
Now we'll have schnapps
Someone to whet the appetite
Someone to jerk the bandit
Hapa, haps, haps
Now we'll have schnapps
Hils, hils, hils,
Now we'll have lager.
Pilsners are good for the soul,
Pilsners make the girl cuddly.
Greetings, greetings, greetings,
Now we'll have pils
When the chicken coop burned
Melody: When the henhouse burned
When the henhouse burned
the rooster wouldn't come out,
it flapped its wings
because it was full of hens.
We're not yet,
we're not yet.
So take your glass and drink it up.
Because if we couldn't,
who the hell could,
we always could still!
The little man with the red nose
Melody: There lives a baker in Nørregade
The little man
with the red nose
he can't write
nor read
but he can drink brandy
and play cards
and kiss girls
he can!
I found a schnapps on the road
Melody: It was a Saturday night
I found a snapper on the road,
a little homeless one
with big round eyes
and two little tired legs.
It sat and was sad
and cried its heart out,
because no one had tried
to love it yet.
I spoke kindly to it.
"Oh, drink me!" it sang happily,
"and you see bluebells,
violets and cloverleaf."
Then it jumped out of the road
and down my throat.
Now it's all mine
and no one else's - CHEERS!
All sailors like girls
Sven Gyldmark / Erik Leth
All sailors like girls
but my darling you can trust me.
It is completely true when I say
that my heart beats only for you.
And a little for Susanne, Birgitte and Hanne
and Tove and Anne and Lizzy and Kiz
Besides Agnete, Elisa and Grethe
and Anne-Merethe, and Molly and Liz
All sailors go out into the distance.
I want you to know that at night when I
stand at the helm and look at a star
I always think of you
And a little of Susanne, Birgitte and Hanne
and Tove and Anne and Lizzy and Kiz
Besides Agnete, Elisa and Grethe
and Anne-Merethe, and Molly and Liz
All sailors are beautifully tattooed
you must see when I come into port.
On my arm I am beautifully decorated
with a heart and your name.
Next to Susanne's, Birgitte's and Hanne's
and Tove's and Anne's and Lizzy's and Kiz's
Next to Agnete's, Elisa's and Grethe's
and Anne-Merethe's, and Molly's and Liz's
and Anne-Merethe's, and Molly's and Liz's
A small map
Melody: Little foal
Time after time
Is a song
Written both sad and long
This one is short and honest
It is almost indispensable
It has - namely only one goal
Grab the glass and say cheers
Hist, hvor vejen slår et sving
:/: Hist, hvor vejen slår et sving,
ligger der en bæwerding. :/:
Ruderne er ganske små,
snapserne er ligeså,
katten står og krummer ryg,
den vil ha´ en juuulebryyyyg
Under taget svalen kvidre,
gæsterne, de drikker vid’re.
Så hæver vi, så sænker vi
Melody: Oh, Tannenbaum
Så hæver vi, så sænker vi
så lader vi den vandre
den ved besked
nu skal den ned
og blandes med de andre
Snapsens Elverhøj
Melody: Minuet from Elverhøj
Du lille snaps, som for mig står,
nu skal du ud og vandre –
du ved besked, du skal derned
og blandes med de andre!
For du er nemlig livets vand,
af kornet er du runden –
omkring i verden har jeg ledt,
din lige dog ej funden!
Swedish, German & English schnapps songs
Helan walks
Melody: helan goes...
Helan går
sjung hopp, falderahurrah-hurrah
helan går,
sjung hopp, falderahurrah.
Och den som inte helan tar
han ej heller halvan får;
Helan går…..!
Sjung hopp, falderahurrah.
Jawohl, jawohl
Jawohl jawohl jawohl
Wir trinken Alkohol
Wir haben keine Wasser,
So wir trinken Alkohol.
Ein Prosit
Ein Prosit, ein Prosit
Der Gemütlichkeit
Ein Prosit, ein Prosit
Der Gemütlichkeit.
What shall we do with the drunken sailor
Mel: What shall we do with the drunken sailor
What shall we do with the drunken sailor
what shall we do with the drunken sailor
what shall we do with the drunken sailor
Early in the morning
Omk:
Whey hey! and up she rises
Whey hey! and up she rises
Whey hey! and up she rises
Early in the morning
/: put him in the scuppers with a hose-pipe on him :/ (x3)
Early in the morning
Omk.
/: Put him in the longboat until he's sober :/ (x3)
Early in the morning
Omk.
/: Pull out the plug and wet him all over :/ (x3)
Early in the morning
Omk.
/: Tie him by the legs in a running bowline :/ (x3)
Early in the morning
Omk.
/: Keelhaul him, keelhaul him :/ (x3)
Early in the morning
Omk.
/: Shave his belly with a rusty razor :/ (x3)
Early in the morning
Omk.
/: Put him the bed with the Captain's daughter :/ (x3)
Early in the morning
Omk.
/: That's what we'll do with a drunken sailor :/ (x3)
Early in the morning
Omk.
We love schnapps and aquavit
It's no secret that we at Christianshavns Færgecafé love schnapps. In addition to well-known and lesser-known brands, we have over 30 homemade schnapps on the menu.
