Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus [English translation]

Flowers in the garden, twenty kinds or so,

Of roses, tulips, and narcissi,

The fine folk get for themselves,

I don't want to know anything about all that.

My little green cactus stands out there on the balcony,

Hollari, hollari, hollaro!

What do I need red roses for, what do I need red poppies for?

Hollari, hollari, hollaro!

And if some rascal says something ill-mannered,

Then I get my cactus and it pricks, pricks, pricks!

My little green cactus stands out there on the balcony,

Hollari, hollari, hollaro!

People often find women similar

To the flowers that they like.

But I say every day: That can't be,

What would people say about me, then?

My little green cactus stands out there on the balcony,

Hollari, hollari, hollaro!

What do I need red roses for, what do I need red poppies for?

Hollari, hollari, hollaro!

And if some rascal says something ill-mannered,

Then I get my cactus and it pricks, pricks, pricks!

My little green cactus stands out there on the balcony,

Hollari, hollari, hollaro!

Today at four there was knocking at the door,

Well now, visitors so early in the day?

It was Herr Krause from next door,

He said, "Pardon me if I ask:"

You have, do you not, a cactus out there on the balcony,

Hollari, hollari, hollaro!

It just now fell down, what do you think about that?

Hollari, hollari, hollaro!

It fell on my face, whether you believe it or not,

Now I know that your little green cactus pricks!

Kindly keep your cactus somewhere else!"

Hollari, hollari, hollaro!

• Artist:Comedian Harmonists
• Album:Liebling, mein Herz läßt Dich grüßen