I. In Nuremberg A host in search of a guest Gave him a small room And his first bed.   In Nuremberg He learned to sleep, to dream, to stay awake.   Awake, he drew road-maps, For red horses, For royal horses.   His host read the maps And placed the wooden horses Around the bed Of a prince.

II. In Nuremberg Tutors helped him. He did his best, So that, in time, He was visited daily By noisy people, Who asked for His drawings, His writings, Anything With the signature Of Kaspar Hauser.

III. His noisy visitors Were uninvited-- He wanted guests.   The house in which he stayed Was not his own-- He could not be a host.   He wanted guests, He wanted wedding guests.   He would not need a house For wedding-guests. He planned an outdoor wedding-- Under apple-trees.   A wife would come to him, If he could learn to dance.