En Daaler

Uffschpaare

En Daaler geschder diene,

Verschpend der

Daaler heit,

Yuscht bissel Wexel zaehle,

Bemacht die aarmie Leit.

En Daaler geschder gschteckelt,

En gscheider Mann dutt’s weck.

No wann mir in die

Not kummt,

Hoscht me huff

hand wie Dreck.

Saving up a Dollar

A dollar earned

yesterday

Spend that dollar today

Very little change leftover to count

Makes for poor people

A dollar from yesterday hidden away

A wise man puts it away

Then when you are in need

You’ll have something on hand,

besides dirt.

Peter V. Fritsch