Der Junge von St. Pauli English translation
von Freddy Quinn

The boy from St. Pauli
He has seen the world
In every distant harbor
He wanted to drop anchor

Longing drove him further
He believed in his luck
But all roads led
Back to St. Pauli

As children, we used to play captain and helmsman
The Elbe near St. Pauli was our ocean
We knew our way around the fish market in Altona
But then, at 16, I set sail on the high seas

The boy from St. Pauli
He has seen the world
In every distant harbor
He wanted to drop anchor


Longing drove him onward
He believed in his luck
But all roads led
Back to St. Pauli

I once knew a girl, we loved each other so much
I believed that the girl was meant to be my destiny
But she left me, she had been alone for too long
Seafaring and loyalty can rarely be friends

The boy from St. Pauli
He has seen the world
In every distant harbor
He wanted to drop anchor

Longing drove him further
He believed in his luck
But all roads led
Back to St. Pauli

Back to St. Pauli