~ Ich will dir folgen durch Wälder und Meer ~
 
These are two lines from a folksong entitled "Aennchen von Tharau" (Annie from Tharau) about a 17th century cleric's daughter, Anna Neander, from East Prussia. The stein (lid removed) is ca. early 1900's.
 
Ich will dir folgen durch
Wälder und Meer,
Eisen und Kerker
und feindliches Heer.
I will follow you through
forests and (over) the sea,
(facing) irons and imprisonment
and a hostile army.
 
 
Translation: Roy De Selms
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