The Old Dutchman | It's not funny to stand

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by Bo Bergman (1869 - 1967)

Translation © by Marc Moreau

Gammal Nederländare

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Det är inte roligt att stå
och bulta längre Katinka.
Månen lyser och världen gå,
och de frusna stjärnorna blinka.
Min knoge är rod, min näsa blå.
Seså, lyft nu på dörrens klinka.
Glänta på dörrn och låt mig få
tak över huvudet, din slinka.
Du skall duka ett bord med små
förgyllda koppar som vinka,
öl och brännvin och ost för två
och så en fet och rykande skinka.

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Text Authorship:

by Bo Bergman (1869 - 1967) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871 - 1927), "Gammal Nederländare", op. 20 no. 3 (1904) [ voice and piano ], from Fem sånger till dikter av Bo Bergman, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Marc Moreau) , "The Old Dutchman", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Marc Moreau) , "Le vieux hollandais", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Marc Moreau

This text was added to the website: 2005-04-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 70

The Old Dutchman

Language: English after the Swedish (Svenska)

It's not funny to stand
knocking at Katinka's.
The moon shines and the world goes,
and the frozen stars twinkle.
My ankle is red, my nose is blue.
Come on, lift up the door latch.
Set the door ajar and let me
find a shelter, you strumpet.
You shall set a table with small
golden cups that twinkle,
beer and brandy and cheese for two
and then a fat smoked ham.

Text Authorship:

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a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Bo Bergman (1869 - 1967)
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This text was added to the website: 2005-06-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 71