Come hither,
          Cheerily and freely,
To the merry gondolier;
          The sound of the zither
          And of singing
Resounds beautifully upon the sea!
Come, ye people, and board joyfully,
See, the barque dances in the bright sunshine,
     And the shipman sings joyfully:
     Tralala la la joho!

          The shores recede
          Rapidly,
The keel sweeps through the floodwaters!
          The blue of the sky,
          The warm breezes
Dally with the play of the waves!
Go onward, little boat, go merrily onward always,
You have friends and blithe spirits on board,
     For the shipman sings joyfully:
     Tralala la la joho!

          My fine sweetheart,
          Think of me,
Soon I shall return home to you,
          The flood of the waves
          Shall never
Extinguish the fire of my love.
Even if many a beauty’s smouldering glance smiles upon me,
I always think back to you, to you,
     And then I sing, joyful with love:
     Tralala la la joho!

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