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by Bernd Neumann
Have you to Ireland ever been?
Seen the forty shades of green?
Some of us – we know – have not,
Maybe that they just forgot?
So now we’ve come to Peseckendorf back
To learn about Ireland and to have “craic”.
To learn about it’s geography,
‘Bout sports and arts and poetry,
Singing, dancing, fantasy, …
To learn about their superstition
Which has got there a long tradition:
Witches, fairies, leprechauns,
Elves, magicians, unicorns,
And about their history
And who brought them Christianity.
Yes, St. Patrick, yes, that’s true,
Their pagan gods away he blew,
And how people fight troubles and fear,
Drinking whiskey and pints of beer.
Oh, my holy trinity (as the shamrock leaf has three).
Would you, please, bring us together again
In 14 weeks in Hedersleben?
And you great teachers, why couldn’t we spend
The next St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland?