Translation of the song Die Katz (die is zurick komm') artist German Folk
Die Katz (die is zurick komm')
The Cat (has returned)
De Schorsch Pit vom Kohlhof hatt e Katz gehadd
Schorsch Pit from the Kohlhof had a cat,
Er konnt se nemmer leide, er war se eefach satt
He didn't like her anymore, he was just fed up with her
Do hadd er se em Cousin gebb, der wollt no Amerika
So he gave her her to his cousin who was emigrating to America
Doch die Katz, die is zurick komm' mit Miau und Hurra
But the cat returned with a big Meaow and Horray!
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Aber die Katz, die is zurick komm, grad am negschde Tag
But the cat has returned, right on the next day
Die Katz, die is zurick komm, es war e hadder Schlag
The cat has returned, it was hard to take
Die Katz, die is zurick komm und alles war umsonscht gewe'n.
The cat has returned, and all the efforts were in vain
Da hadd er se 'em Klään gebb, e Sandstään noch dezu,
So he gave her to his little son, and a sandstone to his hand
Saad: Hol se mit uff die Saar! Pack se mit in dei Kanu!
Said: Take her to the Saar!1 Put her in your canoe!
E Sääl um de Hals gebunn' unn se in die Saar geschmiss'!
Tie a rope around her neck and throw her into the Saar!
Jetzt suche se uff de ganze Saar wo der arm' Bub unnergang is.
Now they're searching the whole river for the place where the poor boy has drowned
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De Nachbar vum Eck saad: Ich baller se kaputt!
The neighbor from the corner said: I shoot her into pieces!
Er hadd aach glei sei Flint gelad mit Näschel, Schrot un Schutt
Quickly he loaded his rifle with nails, pellets and debris
Er hat gewaad un gewaad, so een, oder zwee Stund,
He waited and waited, for an hour or for two
Nur die Fetze vom Nachbarn hat mer noch gefund'.
All they found that was left of him was tattered pieces
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Die Atombomb is gefalle un die H-Bomb hinnerher,
They have dropped the atom bomb, and the H-bomb right after it
Was eine Vernichtung von hier bis iwwers Meer,
Such a destruction from here to overseas
England kaputt, Frankreich kaputt, sogar die gut alt Saar,
England destroyed, France destroyed, even the good old Saar
Die ganze Welt im Eemer und das an eenem Tag
The whole world down the drain in just one single day
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