Once a stranger came to town attired with colorful clothes
Pretending to be a pied piper he offered to free Hamelin
of its plague of rats for a certain sum of coins
promised to free Hamelin

Residents assured this reward the piper began to play
Gathered round him a teeming mass of them the rats of Hamelin
Led them out of the town into the river where they drowned
oh yes, he freed Hamelin

Refrain:
Piper play your cozen song
Lure all the rats away from town
Towards the roaring river
Where they drown
Piper play your cozen song
Lure all the rats away from town
Towards the roaring river
Where they drown

Now freed of the plague the residents refused to pay the piper`s fee
Who left embittered Hamelin but returned the same year in bad faith

As a huntsman he returned began to play his pipe again
No rats but children came along children of Hamelin
Led them into the hill where they all just fade away
Children of Hamelin

Refrain:
Piper play your cozen song
Lure all the rats away from town
Towards the roaring river
Where they drown
Piper play your cozen song
Lure all the rats away from town
Towards the roaring river
Where they drown