Don't venture down to Rotenburg Or you'll lose more than money They'll take your head and pretty limbs And bake them up in honey They'll spill your guts out on the floor Or throw them in a pot Then boil your brains with radishes And serve them soft and hot Your bones they'll split to suck the marrow Lungs will go to dogs You skin will make a fancy suit The rest belongs to hungry hogs Don't journey down to Rotenburg Oh no, stay far from there Don't journey down to Rotenburg Oh no, stay far from there Don't journey down to Rotenburg Oh no, stay far from there Don't journey down to Rotenburg Oh no, stay far from there So stay away from Rotenburg If you value your soul Or like a tree they'll break you down And turn you into coal