Ba-oommpff!

Let’s do it, let’s do it, let’s do it a Dada!

At Herzfeld’s I once had breakfast
in Steglitz or Wilmersdorf
with Wieland I had an argument
with Wieland, not with John
I passed him the scissors
I cooked him the glue

In no dictionary
has there ever been this entry
just you and me my darling
we know what it really means
Let’s do it, let’s do it, let’s do it a Dada!

I played chess with Lenin
Zurich, Spiegelgasse
I knew Jolifanto in the flesh
I even once bathed with the urtext
I played with Anna
I played with Hannah
I know where the church tower stands
I passed her the kitchen knife
I cooked her the glue
Hawonnnti!

Let’s do it, let’s do it, let’s do it a Dada!

big yes and a small no
I drank large amounts
drank with George
but was still not at hand
on the cellar steps
that morning in Savignyplatz

I helped Kurt build his houses
Nos. 1, 2 and 3
I passed him the saw
I cooked him the glue

Aaah, Signore Marinetti
Back from Abyssinia?

Just you and me my darling
we know what it really means
Let’s do it, let’s do it, let’s do it a Dada!