Or, Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser, as the original words have it.
One of the greatest tunes ever written (Haydn). But why not sing along with the present words?
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
für das deutsche Vaterland!
Danach lasst uns alle streben
brüderlich mit Herz und Hand!
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
sind des Glückes Unterpfand;
blüh' im Glanze dieses Glückes,
blühe, deutsches Vaterland.
blüh' im Glanze dieses Glückes,
blühe, deutsches Vaterland.
I'll be naughty and add my version:
Kabeln, Kabeln, joining alles
Alles in our hi-fi chain
Only passing sound? A falla-
Cy that credence must not gain
Give the sound a broad Coherence
Make your music Krystal clear
You should brook no interference
To the joy they give your ear.
Nasty sceptics ever critical
Seek to spoil our Audio-quest
Pretend to be scientifical
But in fact our views detest
They say, “Sil(ly) tech!”, come, mouths frothing,
Loudly in the van, then Hul-
Abaloo cause over nothing
They are talking loads of bull
Glorious things to us are cables
Not a thing to be ignord-
“Ostentatious!” folk us label
But the best we will afford
Silver, carbon, gold and copper
PTFE-coated, so
Classic, rock, jazz, rap, hip-hopper
Joy to all who’re in the know!