| I en sal p lasarettet
| In a hall at the hospital
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| Dr de vita sngar str
| Dr de vita sngar str
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| Lg en liten brstsjuk flicka
| Lay a little breast-sick girl
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| Blek och trd med lockigt hr
| Pale and thread with curly hair
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| Allas hjrtan vann den lilla
| Everyone's heart won the little one
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| Dr hon lg s mild och god
| There she lay so gentle and kind
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| Bar sin smrta utan klagan
| Carried his pain without complaint
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| Med ett barnsligt tlamod
| With a childish tlamod
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| S en dag hon frgade lkaren
| Then one day she asked the doctor
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| Som vid hennes sida stor
| Which by her side great
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| Fr jag komma hem till psken
| Before I get home for Easter
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| Till min egen lilla mor
| To my own little mother
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| Lkaren svara d den lilla
| The doctor answers the little one
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| Nej mitt barn det fr du ej
| No, my child, you will not
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| Men till pingsten kan det hnda
| But for Pentecost it can happen
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| Du fr komma hem till mor
| You have to come home to mother
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| Pingsten kom med grna bjrkar
| Pentecost came with green birches
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| Blomsterkldd str mark och ng
| Flower-clad str ground and ng
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| Men den lilla sjuka flickan
| But the little sick girl
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| Lg dr stndigt I sin sng
| Lie there constantly in your bed
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| S p nytt hon frgade lkaren
| Then again she asked the doctor
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| Som vid hennes sida str
| As by her side str
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| Fr jag komma hem till hsten
| Before I come home for the fall
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| Till min egen lilla mor
| To my own little mother
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| Lkaren svarade ej den lilla
| The doctor did not answer the little one
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| Men strk sakta hennes hr
| But slowly her hair
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| Och med trar I sitt ga
| And with you I trot his ga
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| Vnder han sig om och gr
| He turns around and leaves
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| Nu hon slumrar uti mullen
| Now she is dozing off in the dust
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| Slumrar stt I snvit skrud
| Snooze stt In snowy attire
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| Frn sin tligt burna vntan
| From his tligt borne vntan
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| Har hon farit upp till gud | Has she ascended to god |