Much in the world I left
In the deep forest took me prisoner
You take me into the city where should I be hung
You take me into the city where should I be trapped
Johannes Bückler this is my name und 23 are my years
3 days and 3 nights before my end I still received the
Sacrament
3 days and 3 nights before my end I still received the
Sacrament
Hannes the Schinder is called me
But I was not a hero
Yes, some fell from my hand
Schinderhannes I was called
Oh, what will my mother say to me If she hears all the complaints that in my younger years so much evil did
That in my younger years so much evil did
And I am to enter the court
For our father I should still pray
For our father we do not pray
I see the dead face
For our father we do not pray
I see the dead in the face
Hannes the Schinder is called me
But I was not a hero
Yes, some fell from my hand
Schinderhannes I was called
Ade dear father, goodbye dear mother
Ade dear sister, good-bye dear brother
Wash your hands in my blood
So you know how much it hurts
Wash your hands in my blood
So you know how much it hurts
Hannes the Schinder is called me
Yes, that's what they call me
But a hero, (a true hero), that was not me
Yes some fell, (it fell too much), from my hand (from my hand)
Schinderhannes I was called