The king of the country
was killed by his guard
and his cruel rules
were known near and far.
The leader of rebels
took up royal court.
He heard someone
singing the song:

"I am the bird of the king
and over his coffin I cry and I sing.
I am the bird of the king
and over his coffin I sing."

He came to the window
to look at the crowd.
They cried out his name
they cheered much too loud.
So down marble stairs
to the garden he went
and from the church tower
he heard:

"I am the bell of the king
and over his coffin I cry and I ring.
I am the bird of the king
and over his coffin I ring."

Then he understood
that when the man's gone
then someone should mourn,
for ever bad one
and down in the cellar
he got drunk with king's wine.
The bird and the bell
heard him cry:

"I am the killer of king
and over his coffin I cry and I drink.
I am the killer of king
and over his coffin I drink."

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