Aber Bitte Mit Sahne

But Please With Cream

They meet daily at quarter past three
At the corner table in the pastry shop
And they charge towards the cake buffet
For Black Forest cherry and cream meringue
For fruit ice cream, pineapple, cherry, and banana
But please with cream, but please with cream...

They smack and chat, then they go get
Some buttercream cake and bee sting
They blow and puff, hardly anything fits anymore
Just one chocolate-coated marshmallow at most, because order must be maintained
With Mathilde, Ottilie, Marie, and Liliane
But please with cream, but please with cream...

And everyone probably guessed the end of the story
Death took them all in turn
The bereaved found no words for their pain
With Sacher and Linzer and marzipan cake
Liliane remained faithful to the end
But please with cream, but please with cream...

But even with Liliane, it was finally over
She fell off her chair in the pastry shop
On the coffin, instead of wreaths, there were sugared cakes
And the priest buried her with touching words
May the Lord guide her way to heaven
But please with cream, but please with cream...

Another cup of coffee, but please with cream
Another small meringue, but please with cream
Or maybe a cookie instead? but please with cream...