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Thread #55607   Message #865129
Posted By: Freso
12-Jan-03 - 10:17 AM
Thread Name: Danish songs
Subject: Lyr Add: Marken er mejet

MARKEN ER MEJET
Text: Mads Hansen, 1868
Tune: trad.

Marken er mejet, og høet er høstet,
kornet er i laderne, og høet står i hæs.
Frugten er plukket, og træet er rystet,
og nu går det hjemad med det allersidste læs.
:/:Rev vi marken let,
det er gammel ret,
fuglen og den fattige skal også være mæt.:/:

Loen vi pynter med blomster og blade,
vi har georginer og bonderoser nok.
Børnene danser allerede så glade,
alle vore piger står ventende i flok.
:/:Bind så korn i krans,
hurra, her til lands
sluttes altid høsten med et gilde og en dans.:/:

TRANSLATION:
The field is harvested, and the hay it is reaped,
the corn is in the barns, and the hay is in stack.
The fruit it is plucked, and the tree has been shaken,
And now we're going homeward with the very final load.
:/:We reaped the field so light,
that is old practice,
the bird and the poor should also be full.:/:

The scythe we will decorate with flowers and leaves,
we have dahlias and peonies enough.
The children are dancing, already so happy,
all of our girls stand a-waiting in a crowd.
:/:Tie then corn in garlands,
hurrah, in this land,
the harvest always end with a feast and a dance.:/:

NOTE: Mads Hansen wrote this harvestsong inspired by an older song by Adolph Recke.

SOURCES:
Det Danske Spejderkorps: VORES SANGBOG (1st edition, 1993, song #25)
http://www.ugle.dk/marken_er_mejet.html

- Freso