Alle Meine Entchen

We Butter The Bread With Butter

Aah/Bree

Alle meine Entchen
Schwimmen auf dem See
Köpfchen in das
Wasser
Schwänzchen in die Höh

Breakdown
Wooh

Nimm das Benzin
Schütt es hinein
Sie wollen flieh'n
Doch sind zu klein

Alle meine Entchen
Schwimmen auf dem See
Köpfchen in das Wasser
Schwänzchen in die Höh

Alle meine
Entchen
Bree Bree Bree Breeee
Alle meine Entchen
Bree Bree Bree
Breeee

Heute gibt es Entchen
Ich hol sie mir vom See
Köpfchen weg und
Schwänzchen ab
Das tut ihn' gar nich weh

Alle meine entchen
Liegen auf meim' Tisch
Ob kross oder süß-sauer
Mmmhh sind die frisch

Alle meine
Entchen
Sind jetzt in meim' Bauch
Alle kleinen Entchen
Und die Mutter auch

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English translation:
Aah / Bree

All my ducks
Swimming on the lake
Head in the water
Tail up

Break Down
Wooh

Take the gasoline
Shake it into
You want to flee
But are too small

All my ducks
Swimming on the lake
Head in the water
Tail up

All my ducks
Bree Bree Bree Breeee
All my ducks
Bree Bree Bree Breeee

Today, there are ducks (2x)
I'll fetch me from the lake
Head and tail away from
That it does' hurt at all

All my ducks
lie on my table
Whether crisp or sweet and sour
Mmmhh are freshly

All my ducks
Are now in my belly
All the little ducklings
And the mother also


Lyrics submitted by bananahero, edited by sokorny

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  • +2
    General Comment

    On the contrary. It's actually a play on a German lullaby, so instead of singing about the ducks swimming and pigeons flying like the original does, it talks about pouring gasoline into the lake and making the ducks his supper.

    Ryuseishinon November 30, 2011   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    hey i am from germany and i speak german and english

    i am going to translate this song for you i think this is one of there most famous songs .... i am not a fan but i saw that "many" people commented on this song so here is my translation ...but first : we butter the bread with butter took an old german lullaby or song for children as base for these song they wrote more lyrics and made it brutal ...it´s a kind of hard because some german words doesn´t exist in english

    all my ducklings ( ducks :D... i just don´t know in german the word is "ente" and "entchen" is the cute form of duck if you know what i mean :D ) simming in the sea little head into the water little tail hold up

    take the gasoline tip it into the water they want to escape but are to small

    all my ducklings swimming in the sea little head into the water little tail hold up

    ...

    today we´ll have ducks ( in the meaning of ducks as dinner) i´ll get them from the sea head off tail off it won´t hurt

    all my ducklings lay on the table whether crispy or (süß-sauer... these asian sauce which taste sweet and sour) mhhh (delicious) they are fresh

    all my ducklings are now inside my stomach every little duck and there mother too

    ok ok not the best translation but its really hard to translate from german to english because they wrote this song in urban language if you know what i mean

    ava124on August 31, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This song is awesome. I do not speak German so I cannot contribute a meaning but I understand "Breakdown!" So to me it's about a breakdown and other stuff. haha

    Lloyd-Giovanni666on February 09, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Talking about saving ducks..

    FrikknPr0on May 14, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    HEHE ducks are good LOL so is this song LMAO

    wbtbwbAK907on February 03, 2012   Link

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