Der Zar und das Mädchen deutsche Übersetzung
von Mireille Mathieu

There was in olden times
a beautiful girl.
And Maria, they said, was her name
She lived far from the tower of Moscow
By the huts made from peat and from straw.
It was springtime, on a Sunday
when the Zar came along in his golden wagon
and he saw her, Maria, the Beauty.
Yes his heart was ablaze
"Come and ride with me


And I give you
gold and gems
and you become mine"
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"I can't go with you", said Maria
"you can't force my life..
better to live free like a bird,
than to be captured in a golden cage..
better to live free like a bird,
than to be captured in a golden cage"