A song from legendary Mani Matter: S Zündhölzli

I han es Zündhölzli azündet
und das het e Flamme gäh
und i ha für d'Zigarette welle Füür vom Hölzli näh,
​aber s'Hölzli isch dervo gspickt und uf e Deppich cho 
und es hätt no fasch es Loch in Deppich gäh dervo.
Ja me weis was cha passiere, we me nit ufpasst mit Füür 
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und für d'Gluet ar Zigarette isch e Deppich doch denn z'tüür
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und vom Deppich hätt, o Grus, chönne s'Füür is ganze Huus 
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Und wär weis, was da nit no wär worde drus.
S'hätt e Brand gäh im Quartier 
und s'hätti d'Füürwehr müesse cho,
si hätte ghornet i de Schtrasse
und dr Schluuch vom Wage gno
und sie hätte Wasser gschprützt 
und das hätti glych nüt gnützt 
und die ganzi Stadt hätt brönnt, es hätt si nüt meh gschützt. 

Und d'Lüt wären umenandgschprunge
I dr Angscht um Hab und Guet, 
hätte gmeint s'heig eine Füür gleit,

​hätte d'Schturmgwehr gno ir Wuet,
alls hätt' brüelet: Wär isch tschuld?
ds ganze Land in eim Tumult,
dass me gschosse hätt uf d'Bundesrät am Rednerpult. 
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D'UNO hätt interveniert
und d'UNO-Gägner sofort o,
für ir'd Schwyz dr Fride z'rette 
wäre beid mit Panzer cho, 
s'hätt sech usdehnt nad inah uf Europa, Afrika 
s'hätt e Wältchrieg gäh und d'Mönschheit wär jitz nümme da. 
Ja I han es Zündhölzli azündt 
und das het e Flamme gäh
und i ha für d'Zigarette welle Füür vom Hölzli näh,
aber ds Hölzli isch dervo gspickt und uf de Deppich cho:
Gottseidank dass i's vom Deppich wider furt ha gno. 

I have lit a match
and there was a flame
I wanted to take fire from the match to my cigarette,
but the match pinged off and went on the carpet
and it would have nearly burned a hole into the carpet.
Yes one knows what can happen when one is not carfeful with fire.
and for embers at the cigarette a carpet surely is too expensive.
and from the carpet, how dreadful, could the fire have gone in whole house.
and who knows, what could have happened out of it.
It would have given a blaze in the district
and the firebrigade would have had to come
they would have had the siren on in the streets
and would have taken the hosepipe from the wagon 
and they would have sprinkled water
and that wouldn't have been (nothing) useful anyway  
and the whole town would have burned, nothing would have  protected "her" anymore.
and the people would have run around
in their fear about their possessions
they would have thought someone started the fire intentionally
they would have taken their ‘stormgun’ in their anger
Everyone would have cried out: who is responsible?
the whole country in one Chaos/Uproar/Riot
One would have shot at d'Bundesrät (the men of the council) on the (lecturn/area where speakers are).
The UN would have interviened
and the UN enemies would go out immediately too
to save peace in Switzerland
both would have come with tanks
it would have spread out step by step to Europe and Africa
there would have been a world war and humanity would no longer exist
I have lit a match
and there was a flame
I wanted to take fire from the match to my cigarette,
but the match pinged off and went on the carpet​:
Thanks God I pickt it up from the carpet again.

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