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