Lyrics and translation Four Jacks - Waterloo

Waterloo

Waterloo, Waterloo
Og hvor vil du mød' dit Waterloo?
Du kan ikke købe lykken,
Selvom du er nok så snu.
Alle møder vi en dag vort Waterloo.

Gamle Adam delte æblet, Eva bød.
Stakkels Adam, indså fejlen og fortrød.
Kun en pi'e, så var der skik på hele tiden.
Stakkels Adam havde mødt sit Waterloo.

Waterloo, Waterloo
Hvor vil du mød' dit Waterloo?
Du kan ikke købe lykken,
Selvom du er nok så snu.
Alle møder vi en dag vort Waterloo.
(Ja, det er lige hvad vi gør).

Da Napoleon rykked' frem mod fjendens lejr,
Var han sikker på, det endte med en sejr;
Ak, men nej. Han måtte gå den gale vej
Fra det store kendte slag ved Waterloo.

Waterloo, Waterloo
Hvor vil du mød' dit Waterloo?
Du kan ikke købe lykken,
Selvom du er nok så snu.
Alle møder vi en dag vort Waterloo.
(Ja, det var det, jeg sagde før:
Alle møder vi en dag vort Waterloo).

Da Tom Dooley traf sin pige med en anden,
Stak han pigen med sin kniv og skød den anden.
Ha'de han tænkt, så var han aldrig blevet hængt.
Jalousien blev Tom Dooley's Waterloo.

Waterloo, Waterloo
Hvor vil du mød' dit Waterloo?
Du kan ikke købe lykken,
Selvom du er nok så snu.
Alle møder vi en dag vort Waterloo.

Alle møder vi en dag vort Waterloo.

Waterloo

Waterloo, Waterloo
And where do you think you'll meet your Waterloo?
My dear, you can't buy happiness
No matter how much money you accumulate.
We all meet our Waterloo, some day.

Poor old Adam took a bite from that fateful apple, offered by Eve,
And instantly knew he had made a terrible mistake.
Just one little nibble, and everything went sideways.
Oh dear Adam, you had met your Waterloo.

Waterloo, Waterloo
Where do you think you'll meet your Waterloo?
My dear, you can't buy happiness
No matter how much money you accumulate.
We all meet our Waterloo, some day.
(Yes, that's just what we do).

When Napoleon marched his troops into that ill-fated fray,
He was certain he would emerge victorious that day.
But alas, he was sadly mistaken.
The mighty battle of Waterloo was his undoing.

Waterloo, Waterloo
Where do you think you'll meet your Waterloo?
My dear, you can't buy happiness
No matter how much money you accumulate.
We all meet our Waterloo, some day.
(Yes, that's what I said before:
We all meet our Waterloo, some day).

When Tom Dooley found his girl with another man,
In a fit of jealous rage, he stabbed her and shot the other man.
If only he had thought twice, he would never have been hanged.
Jealousy was Tom Dooley's Waterloo.

Waterloo, Waterloo
Where do you think you'll meet your Waterloo?
My dear, you can't buy happiness
No matter how much money you accumulate.
We all meet our Waterloo, some day.

We all meet our Waterloo, some day.