Darling, go home, your husband is ill Is he ill? Let them give him a pill Oh, come my dear Franz, just one more dance, Then I'll go home to my poor old man, Then I'll go home to my poor old man Darling, go home, your husband is worse Is he worse? Well I am no nurse Oh, come my dear Franz, just one more dance, Then I'll go home to my poor old man, Then I'll go home to my poor old man Darling, go home, your husband is dead Is he dead? There's no more to be said Oh, come my dear Franz, just one more dance, Then I'll go home to my poor old man, Then I'll go home to my poor old man Darling, go home, the will's to be read What's that you said? I said the will's to be read Oh, no, no, my dear Franz, this is no time to dance, I must go weep for my poor old man I must go weep for my poor old man