It is the means of proof most vital,

When evil fortunes us molest.

In evening late, in morning free,

I drink my glass Crambambuli.

Have I into the inn ascended,

Most like some noble cavalier?

I leave the bread and roast untended,

And bid them bring the corkscrew here.

Then blows the coachman--trantanti--

Unto a glass Crambambuli.