Black milk of daybreak we drink it at nightfall

we drink it at noon in the morning we drink it at night

we drink it and drink it

we are digging a grave in the sky it is ample to lie there

A man in the house he plays with the serpents he writes

he writes when the night falls to Germany your golden

	hair Margarete

he writes it and walks from the house the stars glitter he 

	whistles his dogs up

he whistles his Jews out and orders a grave to be dug in

	the earth

he commands us strike up for the dance



Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night

we drink you in the morning at noon we drink you at

	nightfall

drink you and drink you

A man in the house he plays with the serpents he writes

he writes when the night falls to Germany your golden 

	hair Margarete

Your ashen hair Shulamith we are digging a grave in the

	sky it is

ample to lie there



He shouts stab deeper in earth you there and you others

	you sing and you play

he grabs at the iron in his belt and swings it and blue are 

	his eyes

stab deeper your spades you there and you others play on

	for the dancing



Black milk of daybreak we drink you at nightfall 

we drink you at noon in the mornings we drink you at

	nightfall

drink you and drink you

a man in the house your golden hair Margarete

your ashen hair Shulamith he plays with the serpents



He shouts play sweeter death's music death comes as a

	master from Germany

he shouts stroke darker the strings and as smoke you 

	shall climb to the sky

then you'll have a grave in the clouds it is ample to lie

	there



Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night

we drink you at noon death comes as a master from 

	Germany

we drink you at nightfall and morning we drink you and 

	drink you

a master from Germany death comes with eyes that are 

	blue

with a bullet of lead he will hit in the mark he will hit 

	you

a man in the house your golden hair Margarete

he hunts us down with his dogs in the sky he gives us a

	grave

he plays with the serpents and dreams death comes as a 

	master from Germany



your golden hair Margarete

your ashen hair Shulamith.