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[00:11.22]Plague times and wind of putrefaction
[00:16.94]Gutter belching rats by millions
[00:22.15]Brutal wave of squeaking vermin
[00:26.65]Babies devoured in their cradle
[00:32.04]Rats seemed to come all from the same place
[00:36.69]A putrid forgotten gutter's bowel
[00:42.16]And in the middle of the nest
[00:47.06]Something as a crown
[00:51.82]A crown made of rats all linked by the tail
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[01:22.11]One day a stranger came with odd tongue and red eyes
[01:27.22]His little rat's eyes were shining with malicious intelligence
[01:32.34]Strangely looking
[01:33.63]Breeding distrust
[01:34.78]Covered with rats' furs
[01:37.37]Greasy whiskers like rat's tails over his buck-like yellow teeth
[01:42.33]Deeply cold and malevolent hawking the plague message
[01:47.41]Stench of death and gutter smell follow his ugly path
[01:52.59]He seemed to be the only one not affected by the rats
[01:57.62]Some said they saw him speak with rats
[02:00.01]He who came from nowhere
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[02:24.00]Soon people asked for help to him
[02:28.96]Ready to give the few they had
[02:33.86]The deal was clear he would get out the rats for free
[02:38.69]The condition is that he takes one child with him
[02:44.09]But none of the yokels wanted any child to sacrifice
[02:53.70]They decided another way to break the deal and never pay
[03:04.12]"Just let him kill the rats and we won't give anyone..."
[03:13.63]They said "agreed" and gave him their word
[03:23.77]He looked at them and he promised at dawn rats would be gone...
[03:29.05]At night the villager hardly slept bitten by remorse
[03:34.50]Surrounded by the sound of his flute
[03:39.40]Monotonous and sullen...
[03:43.98]The stranger walked calmly
[03:48.80]His music following him in the night
[03:53.95]And the rats followed him near the lake
[03:56.59]Gazing at his complaint...
[03:59.29]Trustful they all understood and accepted what he silently said
[04:04.59]And the rats broke the circle directly faced
[04:14.22]The procession disappeared in the deep waters and none saw them again
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[04:45.33]And the morning after when he asked for the child,
[04:55.45]None wanted to give his son
[05:00.45]Their plan was running on
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[05:45.31]The rats were gone but the villagers expelled him with no child
[05:50.15]With the acid smile of betrayal on their hypocrite faces
[05:55.09]At night a feeble melody of sick complaint pierced the silence
[06:00.06]The stranger walked calmly surrounded by the sound of his flute
[06:04.77]And all the children followed him near the lake,
[06:07.75]Gazing at his eyes
[06:09.60]Trustful they all understood and accepted what he silently said
[06:14.00]And the children broke the circle to walk to the silver lake
[06:19.04]The procession disappeared in the deep waters and none saw them again
[06:28.00]Rattenkönig