Mamatschi [English translation]

There was once a small boy

Who begged so treacly

Mummy, give me a little horse

A little horse would be my paradise

So the small boy got

A pair of gray horses made of marzipan

And he looks at them, cries and speaks:

"I did not want these kind of horses"

Mummy, give me a little horse

A little horse would be my paradise

Mummy, I did not want these kind of horses

Time passed, the boy wished

Nothing more but a horse from Santa Claus

Then Father Christmas visited him

And gave him what he wanted

On a table stand proudly

Four horses made of varnished wood

And he looks at them, cries and speaks:

"I did not want these kind of horses"

Mummy, give me a little horse

A little horse would be my paradise

Mummy, I did not want these kind of horses

And many years passed

The small boy became a man

Then one day before the gate

Stopped a glorious team of horses

In front of a colorful carriage stood

Four horses, richly decorated and beautiful

They took away his beloved mother

There he was reminded of his youth

Mummy, give me a little horse

A little horse would be my paradise

Mummy, threnodic horses I did not want