Der Galgen (engl. Translation) Songtext / Lyric

THE GALLOWS

Hey hangman, you're getting silver
Give me time for it
Look my father is coming
He's bringing gold to buy my freedom
Son, I'm not bringing silver
I have never stolen anything
You know I have nothing
With which to fetch you from the gallows

Hey hangman, have mercy
Wait half a day
My rich friend is bringing you
everything he can carry
He's bringing you a bit of silver
He's bringing you a bit of gold
He's bringing you a bit of something
With which to fetch me from the gallows

Hey play for my life father
Stop the hangman
See my friend on the horizon
Has what he has bought
Finally you bring silver
Have stolen gold for me
Ran around for days on end
Do you want to fetch from the gallows

But I'm not bringing you silver
I don't want to give you gold
I'm just coming round
I want to see you on the gallows
You're not getting silver from me
You're not getting gold from me
To see you at the gallows is all I wanted

He's only coming to see me hanged
God help me he wants to see me hanged