| En stige lang har jeg købt mig, jeg nu får besøgt dig
| A ladder long I have bought myself, I now get to visit you
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| Det gerne jeg har villet tit
| That's what I've often wanted
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| Du oppe bor jo på første, jeg efter dig tørste
| You up there live on the first floor, I was thirsty for you
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| Og trappen bli’r ej derved slidt
| And the stairs won't wear out as a result
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| Jeg går af trapper, ad stiger, agurker med mer'
| I walk down stairs, up ladders, cucumbers and more'
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| For at se Ruth, hun er en lang cigar
| To see Ruth, she is a long cigar
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| Mit hjerte klapper og siger: «Ak, gid du var her»
| My heart claps and says: «Oh, I wish you were here»
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| Hvornår mon venten min en ende ta’r?
| When will my wait end?
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| Hver dag fra seksten til otte, jeg tænker kun på det
| Every day from sixteen to eight, I only think about it
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| Og miste snart jeg vil mit job
| And soon I want to lose my job
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| På pinebænken jeg ligger, jeg be’r dig og tigger
| On the torture bench I lie, I beg you and beg
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| Åh, lad mig til dig komme op
| Oh, let me to you come up
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| Jeg går af trapper, ad stiger, agurker med mer'
| I walk down stairs, up ladders, cucumbers and more'
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| For at se Ruth, hun er en lang cigar
| To see Ruth, she is a long cigar
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| Mit hjerte klapper og siger: «Ak, gid du var her»
| My heart claps and says: «Oh, I wish you were here»
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| Hvornår mon venten min en ende ta’r?
| When will my wait end?
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| Op da han gik ad sin stige, på vej mod sin pige
| Up as he walked his ladder, heading towards his girl
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| I østen stiger Olsen op
| In the east, Olsen rises
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| Kom i den syvende himmel, faldt ned og blev svimmel
| Got in seventh heaven, fell down and became dizzy
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| Bort Falck da kørte med hans krop
| Bort Falck then drove with his body
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| Ej mer' ad stiger, ad trapper, agurker han går
| Ej more' by ladders, by stairs, cucumbers he goes
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| Thi midt på ryggen har han fået fjer
| For in the middle of his back he has got feathers
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| Se Ruth i håret sig river og slider og flår
| See Ruth in her hair tearing and tearing and tearing
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| Sin egen Olsen aldrig mer' hun ser
| Her own Olsen never again' she sees
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| Hun ikke Olsen ser før grønt det sner | She doesn't Olsen see before green it snows |