Junge, komm bald wieder [English translation]

Come back soon, boy, back home soon

Boy, never go to sea again, don't ever go again.

I'm worried, worried about you

Think about tomorrow, too, and about me, too.

Come back soon, boy, back home soon

Boy, never go to sea again, don't ever go again.

Wherever seafaring drove me in life

I remember today what my mother wrote

In every port, a letter came aboard

And she always wrote, "Don't stay away so long".

Come back soon, boy, back home soon

Boy, never go to sea again, don't ever go again.

I remember how the first voyage went

I secretly slipped out while Mother slept

When she awoke I was at sea

In the first letter was, "Do come back soon!"

Come back soon, boy, back home soon

Boy, never go to sea again, don't ever go again.

I'm worried, worried about you

Think about tomorrow, too, and about me, too.

Come back soon, boy, back home soon

Boy, never go to sea again, don't ever go again.