Bewitched Herds Boys - Welten Brand

Two boys tended cattle in the Triesner

Upper village

An old woman passed and greeted them

But the boys just shouted

You old witch you and threw rocks after her

The woman turned around

And yelled down to them

I will get you on your heels

I will get you on your heels

And as if on command all the cows lifted

Their tails and raced towards the Rhein

The boys were forced to follow

As if pulled by invisible ropes

And everything happend so fast

That they tumbled many times

You old witch you and

Threw rocks after her

The woman turned around

And yelled down to them

I will get you on your heels

I will get you on your heels

Dead tired and with lots of bruises

They reached

Their cattle at the Rhein

And wanted to drive them

Back but of no avail all the hitting

Was useless

The two fell asleep in the grass

When the bells in the morning

Played Ave Maria

The cows walked back home

The farmer saw them coming

And discovered the welts

He searched for the boys

Finally found them full of

Cuts and bruises and they told him

What happened here