There was an Old Man of Vesuvius,
Who studied the works of Vitruvius;
When the flames burnt his book,
To drinking he took,
That morbid Old Man of Vesuvius.
Da war mal ein Herr vom Vesuv,
der studierte das Werk von Vitruv;
dann, das Buch stand in Brand,
da trank er rasant,
dieser krankhafte Herr vom Vesuv.
Who studied the works of Vitruvius;
When the flames burnt his book,
To drinking he took,
That morbid Old Man of Vesuvius.
Da war mal ein Herr vom Vesuv,
der studierte das Werk von Vitruv;
dann, das Buch stand in Brand,
da trank er rasant,
dieser krankhafte Herr vom Vesuv.