Train traffic
Doesn’t run anymore
Railway on strike
And Seyss dispraise
This situation
We are crazy
According to him
And his voice
Flatters and begs
And he preaches
And promises,
Who believes it
Is not sane,
People think: Perish!
Because the underground front
Keeps its mouth shut
And continues its work
What happens?
The whole country
Offers resistance
And opposition everywhere,
German law
Is dispised
And people laugh
Look at that Seyss
He is mistaken
With whining
With terror,
With the SS
No success
Because the underground front
Keeps its mouth shut
And continues its work
The police
Joined in
At the right moment
But there was
Nothing to do
Many green
Kraut oppressor
Got too much
Whether he gasps
Or he threatens
Or he shoots
He can’t do it
However Seyss tempts
Unshaken
Stands the underground front
Keeps its mouth shut
And continues its work.
Post-Editing: Robert Saunders
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