Ilka: Naughty Hänsel in the valley,

Naughty Hänsel, tell me true,

If my lips are sweet for kissing,

What is that, I pray, to you?

Both: Hohli-ohli, etc.

Hänsel: Tell me, Ilka on the hill-top,

While the rivers seaward flow,

Is thy heart as true and loving

As it was a year ago?

Both: Hohli-ohli, etc.