Run my little horse*
For the sky is so dark
And the road is longish.
Of course that girl didn't come with me,
For I'm a wild kind of boy.
refrain:
Hey my little horse, hey my little horse
Huputiti hey my little horse
Run my little horse
For the sky is so dark,
And we're going quietly, just the two of us.
My horse is this boy's only treasure
And nobody has one like it.
refrain
Run my little horse
For the sky is so dark
And the shadows are covering my way.
My song sounds quietly from the road
And my horse tosses its flaxen mane.
refrain
Run my little horse
For the sky is so dark
And there's a bell on the traces.
Oh, my bread is scattered
In such small pieces across the world.**
refrain
Run my little horse
For the sky is so dark
And the wind sighs through the forest.
There's a little cabin in a bend of the road
And the girl with the cherry lips is there.
refrain
Hey my little horse, hey my little horse
Stop, my little horse.