En d'r Kayjass Nummero Null
At Kay Lane number zero
steit en steinahl Schull,
There's a very old school
Un do hammer dren studiert.
That's where we studied
Unsere Lehrer, dä hieß Welsch,
Our teacher's name was Welsch
sproch e unverfälschtes Kölsch
He spoke real Cologne dialect
Un do hammer bei jeliehrt.
And that's the language we studied in
Joh un mer han off hin un her üvverlaat
And we were trying to remember
un han för dä Lehrer jesaat:
And told the teacher:
Nä, nä, dat wesse mer nit mih, janz bestemp nit mih,
No, no, we don't remember that, definitely don't remember that
Un dat hammer nit studiert.
That's not what we learned
Denn mer woren beim Lehrer Welsch en d'r Klass
For we were in the class of teacher Welsch
Do hammer sujet nit jeliehrt.
And he didn't teach us any of that
Dreimol Null es Null es Null
Three times zero is zero remains zero
Denn mer woren en d'r Kayjass en d'r Schull
For we went to school at Kay Lane
Dreimol Null es Null es Null
Three times zero is zero remains zero
Denn mer woren en d'r Kayjass en d'r Schull
For we went to school at Kay Lane
Es en Schiev kapott,
Whenever there's a window broken
es ene Müllemmer fott,
Or a trash can is missing
hät d'r Hungk am Stätz en Dos.
Or the dog has a can tied to his tail
Kütt ene Schutzmann anjerannt,
A policeman came a-running
hät uns sechs dann usjeschannt,
And scolded the six of us
sät: Wat maat ihr sechs dann bloß?
And said What do you six boys think you're doing?
Joh un do hammer widder hin un her üvverlaat
And again we were trying to remember
un han för dä Schutzmann jesaat:
And told the policeman:
Neulich kräät uns en d'r Jass
The other day down the lane
die Frau Kääzmanns beim Fraass,
Ms Kääzmanns stopped us in our tracks
sät: Wo lauft ihr sechs bloß hin?
And said Where do you six boys think you're running?
Uns Marieche sitz zo Hus,
Our daughter Mary is sitting at home
weiss nit en un weiss nit us!
And doesn't know what to do!
Einer muss d'r Vatter sin!
Someone has got to be the father!
Joh un do hammer ald widder hin un her üvverlaat
And again we were trying to remember
un han för die Kääzmanns jesaat:
And told Ms Kääzmann:
(Liev Frau Kääzmann....)
(Dear Ms Kääzmann...)