Schnapps

Written for: Texas Carnival (1951)
Lyric: Dorothy Fields
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1950
Original publisher: Harry Warren Music, Inc., rights controlled by Miller Music Corporation

Verse:

Ever since "The Student Prince" was written by Sigmund Romberg,
Drinking songs have become the rage,
Student Princetonians all engage
In a stein-raising scene like they did on the stage!
I take off my homberg to Romberg!
In ev'ry college from coast to coast,
Students go looking for something to toast!
A toast to a lady, a toast to the post,
A toast to the seniors, a toast to the host,
A toast to the Junior Promberg!
So let me pour you a touch of
The stuff we drink much too much of!

Chorus:

Schnapps, schnapps, schnapps, schnapps!
What picks you up like a couple of drops
Of schnapps, schnapps, schnapps, schnapps!
Just at the close of the day.
Schliverwitz, Kummel, or Pilsner, or Bock,
After your classes, you run down the block;
And your glasses are filled with an excellent stock
Of schnapps, schnapps, schnapps, schnapps,
Schnapps, schnapps, schnapps!