| Draußen saß er auf der Brücke
| Outside he was sitting on the bridge
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| Auf die Stadt sah er zurück
| He looked back at the city
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| Baumbepflanzt war jede Lücke
| Every gap was planted with trees
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| Auch der Mönchberg traf sein Blick
| The Mönchberg also caught his eye
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| Eisern sind die Fenstergitter
| The window bars are iron
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| Meterdick die Anstaltsmauern
| Meter thick the institution walls
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| Junge Mädchen weinen bitter
| Young girls cry bitterly
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| Ihre Freiheit zu betrauern
| To mourn your freedom
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| Und der Heinrich kann berichten
| And Heinrich can report
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| Von der Anstalt viel' Geschichten:
| Lots of stories from the institution:
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| Auf des Berges stolzer Kuppe
| On the proud crest of the mountain
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| Gab es meist nur Wassersuppe
| There was usually only water soup
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| Schraubstock und auch Schmiedefeuer
| Vice and also forge fire
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| Waren ihm oft nicht geheuer
| He was often uncomfortable
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| Bei des Kessels Dampfend' Hitzen
| At the boiler's steaming heat
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| Musst' er hungern und auch schwitzen
| Did he have to starve and sweat too?
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| Oft dacht' er an Kameraden
| He often thought of his comrades
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| Mit gewehren, scharf geladen
| With guns, loaded
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| Fein im Feld, in Blut’ger Schlacht
| Fine in the field, in bloody battle
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| Fürs Vaterland! | For the fatherland! |
| Hat er gedacht
| Did he think
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| Fürs Vaterland! | For the fatherland! |
| Hat er gedacht
| Did he think
|
| Fürs Vaterland! | For the fatherland! |
| Hat er gedacht
| Did he think
|
| Und hat die Arbeit gern gemacht
| And loved doing the work
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| Manche Träne Fiel in Schlacken
| Some tears fell into cinders
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| Wenn der Rest in Sonntagsjacken
| When the rest in Sunday jackets
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| Rumspazierte, schnell und schneller
| Walking around, fast and faster
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| Flennte er im Heizungskeller
| he whined in the boiler room
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| Ja, für alle Angestellten
| Yes, for all employees
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| War die Anstalt Paradies
| Was the institution paradise
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| Doch für Heinrich, den Geprellten
| But for Heinrich, the cheated
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| War die Anstalt ein Verlies
| Was the institution a dungeon?
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| Und der Heinrich kann berichten
| And Heinrich can report
|
| Von der Anstalt viel' Geschichten:
| Lots of stories from the institution:
|
| Auf des Berges stolzer Kuppe
| On the proud crest of the mountain
|
| Gab es meist nur Wassersuppe
| There was usually only water soup
|
| Schraubstock und auch Schmiedefeuer
| Vice and also forge fire
|
| Waren ihm oft nicht geheuer
| He was often uncomfortable
|
| Bei des Kessels Dampfend' Hitzen
| At the boiler's steaming heat
|
| Musst' er hungern und auch schwitzen
| Did he have to starve and sweat too?
|
| Oft dacht' er an Kameraden
| He often thought of his comrades
|
| Mit gewehren, scharf geladen
| With guns, loaded
|
| Fein im Feld, in Blut’ger Schlacht
| Fine in the field, in bloody battle
|
| Fürs Vaterland! | For the fatherland! |
| Hat er gedacht
| Did he think
|
| Fürs Vaterland! | For the fatherland! |
| Hat er gedacht
| Did he think
|
| Fürs Vaterland! | For the fatherland! |
| Hat er gedacht
| Did he think
|
| Und hat die Arbeit gern gemacht
| And loved doing the work
|
| Und der Heinrich kann berichten
| And Heinrich can report
|
| Von der Anstalt viel' Geschichten:
| Lots of stories from the institution:
|
| Auf des Berges stolzer Kuppe
| On the proud crest of the mountain
|
| Gab es meist nur Wassersuppe
| There was usually only water soup
|
| Schraubstock und auch Schmiedefeuer
| Vice and also forge fire
|
| Waren ihm oft nicht geheuer
| He was often uncomfortable
|
| Bei des Kessels Dampfend' Hitzen
| At the boiler's steaming heat
|
| Musst' er hungern und auch schwitzen
| Did he have to starve and sweat too?
|
| Oft dacht' er an Kameraden
| He often thought of his comrades
|
| Mit gewehren, scharf geladen
| With guns, loaded
|
| Fein im Feld, in Blut’ger Schlacht
| Fine in the field, in bloody battle
|
| Fürs Vaterland! | For the fatherland! |
| Hat er gedacht
| Did he think
|
| Fürs Vaterland! | For the fatherland! |
| Hat er gedacht
| Did he think
|
| Fürs Vaterland! | For the fatherland! |
| Hat er gedacht | Did he think |