The smuggler
Schumann, Robert
I am the smuggler,
and know well how to inspire respect;
I know how to defy everyone,
and I fear no one.
So let us be merry!
Who shall buy my silk and tobacco?
Truly, my pony is tired,
I hurry, yes, hurry,
otherwise the patrol will catch me,
and then things will go very badly!
Just run, o my horse,
Run, my merry horse,
ah, my dear, good steed,
you know well how to carry me!