It was a custom that
the triesner spinning room was
closed at 10 o´clock.

Then the people
from the lower village
went home
with their sledges.

A lad invited
his girl to a ride,
with him, on his sledge.

Okay let´s go in god´s name.
was her answer.
"You can go in god´s name,
I will go in the devil´s name!
was his answer.

And that´s where they went.
Soon the girl fell of the sledge,
but she didn´t suffer any harm.

The lad was no longer able to keep control
and drove straightaway into the rhine,
where he drowned.