Where’d you spend your seventeenth year? On Great Karetny. Where did your troubles begin? On Great Karetny. And where’s your black pistol? On Great Karetny. And where aren’t you today? On Great Karetny. Do you remember the house, buddy? No, you’ll never forget it! I say he’s missed half his life Who’s never been on Great Karetny. And how! Where’d you spend your seventeenth year? On Great Karetny. And where are your seventeen misfortunes? On Great Karetny. And where is your black pistol? On Great Karetny. And where aren’t you today? On Great Karetny. It’s been renamed, you know. Everything’s changed-believe it or not. But wherever I’ve been, wherever you roam, You’ll pass down Great Karetny yet, And how! Where’d you spend your seventeenth year? On Great Karetny. And where’d your misfortunes begin? On Great Karetny. And where is your black pistol? On Great Karetny. And where aren’t you today? On Great Karetny.
© H. William Tjalsma. Translation, 1982