| Det var i det gode året nittenhundre og boogiewoogie
| It was in the good year nineteenth century and boogiewoogie
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| Da krigen var glemt og gitara stemt
| When the war was forgotten and the guitar tuned
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| Rockebilly kom fram på scenekanten og hilste på brugen
| Rockebilly appeared on the edge of the stage and greeted the use
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| Dro fram det beste han hadde på lager av rockefor for
| Pulled out the best he had in stock of rock lining for
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| Sultne mager. | Hungry skinny. |
| og folk i salen slukte det rått, som folk flest gjør
| and the people in the hall swallowed it raw, as most people do
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| Når det vanker no godt. | When it wakes up well. |
| Rockebillys sang ***** varmt, doris og hjørdis
| Rockebilly's song ***** hot, doris and herd ice
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| Gikk arm i arm inn i rommet bare for damer, forbi en type som snur
| Went arm in arm into the room just for ladies, past a guy who turns
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| Seg og glaner. | Themselves and glans. |
| Og typen var stygg, ja styggere enn styggen og han kjente
| And the guy was ugly, yes uglier than the ugly and he felt
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| Det skjedde no da han så hu derre doris som gikk i på do
| It happened now when he saw that doris who went to the bathroom
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| Og han tenkte som styggen det der skal jeg ha tross lensmann og prest
| And he thought like the ugly thing I should have there despite the sheriff and the priest
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| Bilder i blad. | Pictures in leaves. |
| Og som han tenkte, sånn blei det. | And as he thought, so it was. |
| Ut på dansegulvet sklei dem
| They slipped out on the dance floor
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| Det hadde han ikke gjort hadde han visst at snart kom en større og sterkere
| Had he not done so, he would have known that a bigger and stronger one would soon come
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| En lenger bak. | One further back. |
| Og plutselig stod du i døra, høyere enn fjella rundt
| And suddenly you stood in the doorway, higher than the mountains around
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| Sunndalsøra, lang og mager, sneipen i gjeipen, tøff som gutten, skjønte fleipen
| Sunndalsøra, tall and thin, snipe in the yawn, tough as a boy, understood the joke
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| Men aldri var det no’n som fleipa med deg, og den som fingra med Doris
| But there was never anyone who joked with you, and the one who fingered Doris
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| Han fikk så det svei
| He then got the welding
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| Du var en femognitti, hadde rockesveis med fett i, du var drømmen du
| You were a ninety-five, had rock welds with fat in, you were the dream you
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| Doris. | Doris. |
| Men du digga Noma jean, kjørte samma stil som jeamie dean
| But you digga Noma jean, ran the same style as jeamie dean
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| Skjønt du kjørte morris. | Though you drove morris. |
| Og var det dans på lokalet, så kom du seint, bortimot
| And if there was dancing on the premises, you came late, almost
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| Midnatt ja du hadde tima det tight. | Midnight yes you had tima it tight. |
| Du kom inn, kveldens paraquin
| You came in, tonight's paraquin
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| Fra scenen kom det boogiewoogie
| From the stage came the boogiewoogie
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| Blues og rock and roll med sug i, fender og chessline
| Blues and rock and roll with suction, fender and chessline
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| Du så deg rundt i salen der var hu med hestehalen
| You looked around the saddle where the ponytail was
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| Pluss en type med dress
| Plus a type with suit
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| Og dressmann, kom i fra hønefoss
| And dressmaker, came in from Hønefoss
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| Han var glad i jenter han var glad i å sloss
| He loved girls he loved to fight
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| Dansa sving, en sa ingenting
| Dance swing, and say nothing
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| Før 'n sa; | Before 'n said; |
| vi sees en annen dag
| see you another day
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| Hu satte kursen rett i mot deg
| Hu set the course straight for you
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| Han med dressen styrte samme vei
| He with the suit steered the same way
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| Doris hadde tent 'n og nå ville 'n laga bråk
| Doris had lit a fire and now she wanted to make a noise
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| For det er to tette og ei badehette
| Because there are two tight and one swimming cap
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| No more talk
| No more talk
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| Du var en femognitti, hadde rockesveis med fett i, du var drømmen du
| You were a ninety-five, had rock welds with fat in, you were the dream you
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| Doris. | Doris. |
| Men du digga Noma jean, kjørte samma stil som jeamie dean
| But you digga Noma jean, ran the same style as jeamie dean
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| Skjønt du kjørte morris. | Though you drove morris. |
| Og var det dans på lokalet, så kom du seint, bortimot
| And if there was dancing on the premises, you came late, almost
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| Midnatt ja du hadde tima det tight. | Midnight yes you had tima it tight. |
| Du kom inn, kveldens paraquin | You came in, tonight's paraquin |