| Jag tog mig en hustru och ho hette Sara
| I took a wife and her name was Sara
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| Pompa pompa pomfarallanlara
| Pompa pompa pomfarallanlara
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| Men det ska ni tro
| But you will believe it
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| Var ett syndastraffets mara
| Be a mara of the penalty of sin
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| Pompa pompa pomfarallanra
| Pompa pompa pomfarallanra
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| En näsa ho hade så lång som ett hackspett
| A nose female was as long as a woodpecker
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| Och munnen var bred som Atlantiska haver
| And the mouth was as wide as the Atlantic Ocean
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| Å håret var rött så det fräste för vatten
| Oh, the hair was red so it rustled for water
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| Men om det i det har vart’n kam vete katten
| But if it has been a comb, the cat knows
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| Å fötter så stora som Brohulta bärde
| On the feet as big as Brohulta carried
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| Men uti bena fanns ej mycket värde
| But there was not much value in the legs
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| Jo en pojke vi fick
| Yes, a boy we got
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| Men han dog med detsamma
| But he died immediately
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| Och det var ju bra
| And that was good
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| För han liknade sin mamma
| Because he looked like his mother
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| Och inom åtta dagar sådog a
| And within eight days sowed a
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| Odet var ju bra för hin håle han tog a
| The ode was good for the hole he took a
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| Å vad jag var gla när jag feck a ner i grava
| Oh what I was glad when I got a down in the grave
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| Men mest synd det var om gammärra
| But most pity it was about old age
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| Som sku dra na | Som sku dra na |