Der Galgen (engl. Translation) Songtext

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