Es war einmal ein Jäger [English translation]

Once upon a time there was a hunter

Heili-heilo, a hunter

He said to his wife:

"I'm going out into the woods now

And look for fox and rabbits

But you know exactly:

In life, in life

If some shot goes wrong

We think, but we steer

The others are your fate

In life, in life

Not everything is there

And that's why

Man needs a bit of luck in life

He met a girl in the woods

Heili-heilo, a girl

The girl cried so

"Come with me to my hunting ground

In the green moss, I sing to you

A song that makes you happy"

In life, in life

If some shot goes wrong

We think, but we steer

The others are your fate

In life, in life

Not everything is there

And that's why

Man needs a bit of luck in life

So came the wild hunter

Heili-heilo, the hunter

Home at midnight

There sat the woman and sang a song

In the arms of Oberförster Schmidt

And laughed at him

In life, in life

If some shot goes wrong

We think, but we steer

The others are your fate

In life, in life

Not everything is there

And that's why

Man needs a bit of luck in life