| Come let us prepare | |
| We brothers that are | |
| Joined on this merry occasion; | |
| Let's drink, laugh and sing; | |
| Our wine has a spring, | |
| Here's health to the men of the nation. | |
| The world is in pain | |
| Our secrets to gain | |
| But still let them guess and gaze on; | |
| They'll never divine | |
| The word or the sign | |
| Of free and strong men of the nation. | |
| It's this and it's that | |
| They cannot tell why | |
| So many great men of the nation | |
| Should aprons put on | |
| To make themselves one | |
| With the men who have found their salvation. | |
| Then joined hand in hand | |
| To each other we'll stand | |
| Be merry with bright faces on; | |
| What mortal can boast | |
| So noble a toast | |
| As free and strong men of the nation! |