Translation
Refrain:
O, you dear Augustin,
Augustin, Augustin,
O, you dear Augustin,
All is lost!
1. Money's gone, girlfriend's gone,
All is lost, Augustin!
O, you dear Augustin,
All is lost!
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2. Coat is gone, staff is gone,
Augustin lies in the dirt.
O, you dear Augustin,
All is lost!
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3. Even that rich town Vienna,
Broke is like Augustin;
Shed tears with thoughts akin,
All is lost!
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4. Every day was a feast,
Now we just have the plague!
Just a great corpse's feast,
That is the rest.
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5. Augustin, Augustin,
Lay down in your grave!
O, you dear Augustin,
All is lost!
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