Wir Lagen Vor Madagaskar
Freddy Quinn
We Lay Before Madagascar
We lay before Madagascar
And had the plague on board
In the boilers, the water was rotting
And every day one went overboard
Ahoy, comrades
Ahoy, ahoy!
Farewell, little girl
Farewell, farewell!
Yes, when the ship's piano sounds on board
Yes, then the sailors are so quiet
Because everyone longs for their homeland
That they would like to see again
We had been lying for fourteen days
No wind whistled into our sails
Thirst was the greatest plague
Then we all ran onto a reef
Ahoy, comrades
Ahoy, ahoy!
Farewell, little girl
Farewell, farewell!
Yes, when the ship's piano sounds on board
Yes, then the sailors are so quiet
Because everyone longs for their homeland
That they would like to see again
We lay before Madagascar
And had the plague on board
In the boilers, the water was rotting
And every day one went overboard
Ahoy, comrades
Ahoy, ahoy!
Farewell, little girl
Farewell, farewell!
Yes, when the ship's piano sounds on board
Yes, then the sailors are so quiet
Because everyone longs for their homeland
That they would like to see again
