Merrily we sailed along   Though the waves were plenty strong   Down the twisting river Rhine   Following a song      Legend's faded storyline   Tried to warn us all   Oh, they called her, "Loreley"   Careful or you'll fall      Oh, the stories we were told   Quite a vision to behold   Mysteries of the seas   In her eyes of gold      Laying on the silver stone   Such a lonely sight   Barnacles become a throne   My poor Loreley      And the winds would cry   And many men would die   And all the waves would bow down   To the Loreley      And the winds would cry   And many men would die   And all the waves would bow down   To the Loreley      You would not believe your eyes   How a voice could hypnotize   Promises are only lies   From Loreley      In a shade of mossy green   Seashell in her hand   She was born the river queen   Ne'er to grace the land      And the winds would cry   And many men would die   And all the waves would bow down   To the Loreley      And the winds would cry   And many men would die   And all the waves would bow down   To the Loreley      Oh, the song of Loreley   Charms the moon right from the sky   She will get inside your mind   Lovely Loreley      When she cries, "Be with me   Until the end of time"   You know you will ever be   With your Loreley      And the winds would cry   And many men would die   And all the waves would bow down   To the Loreley      And the winds would cry   And many men would die   And all the waves would bow down   To the Loreley      And the winds would cry   And many men would die   And all the waves would bow down   To the Loreley      And the winds would cry   And many men would die   And all the waves would bow down   To the Loreley