Cabaret Songs

"Its All About A Swindle"


''Papa swindles, momma swindles, grandma is a lying thief, were perfectly shameless but we are blameless, after all its our beliefs."

"Papa Betrugereien, Mama Betrugerien, Grandma ist ein Dieb Zwischen liegen, waren perfekt schambs aber wir sinel untadelig, nach all seinen unsere uberzegungen."

I believe that this means during that time in Germany  that there were a lot of people getting swindled out their money. Everyone was apart of this particular activity even the grandmothers. But even though it was consider to be wrong thing was a normal thing for people in Germany.


"Night Ghost"

"When the housewife chains the hallway door at night, I'm standing right outside"

"Legt die Hausfrau nachts die Kette hoch, im corridor steh ich davor. Mit der felie ohne Eile, Keck, feil ich se weg. Da illegt der Dreck.

This particular part in the song caught my attention because the ghost waits for the wife locks the door. He waits to unlock the door and roam the house. I feel that this a ghost from a man that died and roams the town. But he isn't there to scare anyone he just wants to watch them. Maybe they are related to him.