Hey, I would never have been a soldier.

Hey, hey, I would never have been a soldier, ; If my brother hadn't been a judge. ; But my brother wrote to the emperor, ; Hey, hey, they took my brother, the big-hatted child, the Jóská to be a soldier. ; ; Hey, hey, they took my brother, the big-hatted child, the Jóská to be a soldier. ; He chose a shiny bayonet for himself. ; A shiny bayonet, the handle is rosewood, ; Hey, hey, the name Franz Joseph is written on it in large letters.