Oh, but they make beautiful music.

1. Oh, but they play music beautifully, ; In a green forest for an outlaw. ; In a green forest for a linden leaf, ; Oh, but the outlaw is handsome. ; ; 2. Oh, but they ring bells beautifully, ; Maybe for my dove. ; Now they are taking me to the cemetery, ; I can't even say goodbye to him. ; ; 3. I wish I hadn't put him down by then, ; I would still reach his grave. ; I would fall over his coffin, ; Oh, but I would cry bitterly. ; ; 4. My mother, my mother, my mother, ; My sweet nurturing nurse. ; You rejoiced at my birth, ; You raised me as a bride.