It is often played at folk festivals in this region of north Germany and is also frequently part of the repertoire of local choral societies.
Various musicians have publicised their own interpretations of the song, for example the tenor Rudolf Schock on his CD Stimme für Millionen ("Voice for Millions").
Brüder, laßt die Gläser klingen, Denn der Muskatellerwein Wird vom langen Stehen sauer, Ausgetrunken muß er sein; 3.
Brothers let our glasses clink For the Muscatel wine Will become sour from standing too long Every drop must be drunk up 3.
And the bracken and the barking And the rifle and the shot We are off to hunt red deer In the woods and forests green 4.