Aber bitte mit Sahne

They meet daily at quarter past three, oh yeah!
at the regulars' table in the corner of the pastry shop, oh yeah!
and they attack the cake buffet, Black Forest cake and cream puffs,
fruit ice cream, pineapple, cherry, and banana, BUT PLEASE WITH CREAM! (But please with cream)

They chatter and smack, then they grab,
oh yeah! a buttercream cake and bee sting, oh yeah!
They huff and puff, almost nothing fits anymore, just a chocolate-covered marshmallow at most, because order must be maintained
with Mathilde, Ottilie, Marie, and Liliane, BUT PLEASE WITH CREAM! (But please with cream!)

And as everyone probably guessed, oh yeah!
death took them one by one, oh yeah!
The bereaved had no words for their pain; with Sacher and Linzer and marzipan cake,
Liliane remained faithful to the end, BUT PLEASE WITH CREAM! (But please with cream!)

But even Liliane's time eventually came, oh yeah!
she toppled from her chair in the pastry shop, oh yeah!
On the coffin, instead of wreaths, there were sugary cakes, and the priest buried her with touching words:
May the Lord pave her way to heaven, BUT PLEASE WITH CREAM! (But please with cream!)

Another cup of coffee? (But please with cream!)
Another little cream puff? (But please with cream!)
(spoken:) Or maybe you'd prefer a cookie after all? (But please with cream!)