| Me sjikkelæ maste å pipa me låt
| Me sjikkelæ maste å pipa me låt
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| Å månge slags vara han hyse
| Oh many kinds of goods he harbors
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| Ref.:
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| Dar kjem dampen, gamle dampen
| Here comes the steam, old steam
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| Tak på deg triskona å spring
| Take care of you triskona and run
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| Dar kjem dampen, gamle dampen
| Here comes the steam, old steam
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| Dinge-dinge-dinge-dinge-ling
| Dinge-dinge-dinge-dinge-ling
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| I rubme ligg mjølsekkjena i høge lag
| In rumme, the flour sacks lie in high layers
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| Å kassa me abelsine
| To cash me abelsine
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| På dekkje e da fullt utå adle slag:
| On deck, there are completely noble strokes:
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| Mjelkespadn å røyre å tine
| Milk spade to stir to thaw
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| So rinje kapteidn å skutå legg ifrå
| So rinje kapteidn to shoot and lay down
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| No vinka dei adle dei kjende
| Now the nobles they knew beckoned
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| Å alltid kjem «Oster» i ruta utpå
| Oh, "Cheese" always comes out in the box
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| Å alltid han kjem seg attende
| Oh, he always comes back
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| Han fer idnijønå me damp å me køl
| He goes idnijøna me steam and me keel
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| Nett snøgt ikkje frabm han fere
| Net didn't speed up from him fere
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| Men leiæ den veit han å fidn kvært eit høl
| But with it he knows how to find a hole
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| Dit gøtt ifrå bydn han vil bære
| That's what he wants to carry
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| Å no hev han sigla i femtifem år
| And now he raised his sails for fifty-five years
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| Bidna by å lann samen han konne
| Bidna bid to land the same as he could
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| Å når so eidngång ikkje lenger han går
| Oh when so eidngång no longer he walks
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| Då græt både bymann å bonne
| Then both townsman and bonne cried
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| Ref.:
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| Dar jekk dampen, gamle dampen
| Dar jek the steam, old steam
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| Far or triskona, far stillt!
| Father or triskona, father still!
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| Dar jekk dampen, gamle dampen!
| Dar jek the steam, old steam!
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| Å, detta var surjelæ illt! | Oh, this was really bad! |