Caffee

NOTE: THIS POST INCLUDES A RECORDING OF ME SINGING

fair warning, people

I’m doing some cleaning of the room (pics later) and sorting of things, and I stumbled across a little tune my German professor Karlheinz (how’s that for a name) taught us. Luckily, or not (ha), I remembered the tune, regardless of how well you think I reproduced it. After listening I realized that my pronunciation of a few things is a bit off, like there’s not enough e sound on the i in nicht. Whatever, I only took one recording, so be it. And now, the lyrics:

C A F F E E
Trink nicht so viel Kaffee
Nicht fuer Kinder ist der Tuerkentrank
Schwaecht die Nerven, macht dich blass und krank
Sei doch kein Muselmann
Der ihn nicht lassen kann

Roughly,

C O F F E E
Don’t drink so much coffee
The Turkish drink is not for kids
It weakens the nerves, makes you pale and sick
Don’t be a Muslim
Who’s addicted to it

Try not to take any of that too heavily. I think he said it was Beethoven Bach. Regardless, whoever wrote it was apparently notorious for his coffee addiction and love, so it’s a bit tongue-in-cheek. EDIT: Note, Kaffee is misspelled CAFFEE on the first line because these are the notes in the tune. The letters are sung on their respective notes. DOUBLE EDIT: This one’s for Diana, who says I post too much about computers and athletics. Bah. Oh, and Diana, if you look for the pic of me on the right with the red shirt, there’s me with blond hair. If it’s been pushed off, check the links on the upper right for my Flickr photostream.