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Version 1

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W:In das Dorf auf bunten Wagen zieht Zigeunervolk hinein
W:Müde Esel Lasten tragen, dunkelbraune Kinder schrei'n
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W:Bauern, in den Stall die Schweine, dem Zigeuner traue nie!
W:Nehmt die Wäsche von der Leine, rettet euer Federvieh
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W:Kesselflicker, Scherenschleifer preisen ihre Künste laut.
W:Geigen spielen Korobuschka, schon tanzt Sven mit seiner Braut
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W:Mädchen, die auf Heirat warten, drängeln sich um Mara's Stand.
W:Denn die alte legt die Karten, liest die Zukunft aus der Hand
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W:5
W:Dudelsack quält ohne Pause, brauner Bär tanzt mit Gebrumm.
W:Froh zieht junges Volk nach Hause, dunkel liegt das Dorf und stumm
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W:English
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W:In the village ribboned wagons bring the troop of gypsy folk,
W:Weary mules stop in the square while nut-brown children scream and joke.
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W:Farmers shut their pigs inside for they don’t trust the gypsies’ tricks!
W:Bring the washing from the line and lock up all their geese and chicks.
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W:Kettle-tinkers, scissors-grinders, shout their wares to far and wide,
W:Violins play ‘Korobushka’, Sven is dancing with his bride.
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W:Hopeful maidens, ripe for marriage, crowd about old Mara’s stand;
W:She, the wise one, lays the cards out, reads the future from a hand.
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W:Bagpipes howl in endless torment keeping time with the old brown bear;
W:Happy young folk saunter homewards, dark and silent lies the square.
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N:Neither the German nor the English is a translation of the original 
N:Russian “Korobushka” (“The Pedlar’s Pack”)

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