Arme Ellen Schmitt [English translation]

She was found there behind the house

Gagged and with lead in her body

She had been lying there for two days

in her most beautiful dress

It was so pitiful to see her

but what did happen?

Poor, poor Ellen Schmitt

Shot through the heart and you were dead

Poor, poor Ellen Schmitt

they found you at sunup.

Up in an attic room

she surrendered to the young man

who was her lover at first and then

returned as a murderer.

It was so pitiful to see her

how could all this have happened?

Poor, poor Ellen Schmitt

Shot through the heart and you were dead

Poor, poor Ellen Schmitt

they found you at sunup.

And the moral of the story:

never travel alone, don't get lost,

if you go along with strange men

you will end up just like poor Ellen Schmitt!

Poor, poor Ellen Schmitt

Shot through the heart and you were dead

Poor, poor Ellen Schmitt

they found you at sunup.