Tanz über die Brücke [English translation]

It leads over the Main1

A bridge of stone

Who ever wishes to cross,

Must spin in a dance

A teamster comes by,

loaded up heavily

He has three steeds

And they dance across

A lad without shoes

And in rags to boot

As he saw the bridge,

ei, how he danced there

If a girl comes alone,

on the bridge of stone,

She'll grab her little skirt with haste

And she'll dance like the wind.

And the king himself,

Climbs down from his throne,

He hardly steps on the board,

Before he starts dancing a minuet.

Dear people come here,

Break the bridge in two

And they swung the hatchets,

And the danced all the while

And the people in the country

Come running in a hurry

Stay away from the bridge

Because we love to dance

1. A large river in Germany