Kaspar [English translation]

74 years old he is, grief-stricken is his face

Kaspar's dear wife is dead, the sons are in the war

He's a locksmith, he's in debt, has a farm at Lake Tegernsee

If the bell tolls for me now, I promise: I'll leave!

Death heard his quick prayer and is there within a blink:

If you wish it yourself, it is time, I guess!

Hearing this, Kaspar's scared, maybe it's yet too soon:

Grant me just a few years more, until the lilies flower again to me...!

The folk in the pub are jeering all together

Soon enough the story passes from ear to ear like the wind!

Kaspar, this mad dog, cheats our Reaper!

Death loses his bet and game, 15 years he has left...!

Ohoo, Kasper! Ohoo, Kasper!

It's not that easy, you're in this book now

And everyone whose name is written down there, is wanted up there dearly.

Well, Reaper, come on in, let me explain to you,

why I don't want to pass away yet, so please let me implore!

Kasper is a sly dog and he comes up with an idea

He pours death more and more blackthorn booze

And when Death is drunk, Kasper invites him to a game

With cards and his life at stake - that's the goal!

The folk in the pub are jeering all together

Soon enough the story passes from ear to ear like the wind!

Kaspar, this mad dog, cheats our Reaper!

Death loses his bet and game, 15 years he has left...!

Ohoo, Kasper! Ohoo, Kasper!

Destiny takes it's toll, the sons fall in battle.

The dairymaid he is in love with now, soon lies dead at the feet of the mountain.

Kasper is at odds, is desperate: All this makes no sense!

What use I'm here when I'm so far away from my loved ones....?!

Kasper, this mad dog, now death is coming for him anyway -

oh damn!

Now he's drinking blackthorn booze there with his loved ones around him.

Ohoo, Kasper! Ohoo, Kasper!

Ohoo, Kasper! Ohoo, Kasper!