Bodo Wartke's Tongue Twisters

This is Bodo Wartke's twist on the famous german tongue twister "The fat roofer covers the roof" (in German: "Der dicke Dachdecker deckt das Dach").

Find the translated text below. Also feel free to check out all the other tongue twisters for which Bodo has created his unique short form songs on his website resp. on TikTok, Instagram or YouTube. 

Also, Bodo ist currently touring Germany with his various entertaining live shows!

The Fat Roofer - Lyrics

The fat roofer covers the roof.
Not my roof, no, the neighbour's roof.
That woke me up at eight o'clock this morning already!
I never thought how much noise that makes.

I wonder what he's trying to achieve with that noise,
the fat roofer, who's covering that roof,
and why doesn't he cover the roof a little more gently
and is that going to go on all day today.

I'll be quite specific: this roofer is
a real pain in the ass
with his electric roof tile cutter
from Black & Decker.

Unfortunately, he works with it from morning till night.
I'll go right over there and complain,
before this goes on forever
and I'll pull the plug!

But even the next day – oh, my God! –
from eight o'clock on the roof is being covered again.
I am rudely torn from my night's rest
by the fat roofer's noisy comeback.

But while I am watching from the quarterdeck
as he covers the roof there,
I notice: oh, he's doing it right!
The roof is becoming more and more of a magnificent object!

Respect! I look over
and admire the roofing tactics.
Hey, this guy could actually write a book on
roofing didactics!

Since then the fat roofer and I are
in perfect harmony, Bro!
And immediately, I wish wholeheartedly he would
cover my roof soon!