The wolf howls ferociously in the woods by night
He can't sleep for hunger
And his den is bitterly cold
He lusts for fat sheep
O Wolf, o wolf, don't come hither
My child you shall have nevermore
The wolf howls ferociously in the woods by night
He howls and laments for hunger
But I give him a pig's tail
That shall fit in his stomach
O Wolf, o wolf, don't come hither
My child you shall have nevermore
O Wolf, o wolf, don't come hither
My child you shall have nevermore
The wolf howls ferociously in the woods by night
And can't find a bite to eat
But I shall give him a cockrel's comb
That shall make his throat burst
O Wolf, o wolf, don't come hither
My child you shall have nevermore
Sleep, my child, in mother's bed
And let the wolf howl away
For if none before has taken them
I shall give him some chicken legs
O Wolf, o wolf, don't come hither
My child you shall have nevermore
O Wolf, o wolf, don't come hither
My child you shall have nevermore