Lyr Add: BATSMAN

Subject: Lyr Add: BÅTSMAN
From: Mad Maudlin
Date: 08 Dec 02 - 02:55 PM

BÅTSMAN

Ja hör du liten båtsman vad jag nu säger dig
Och ville du nu spela gull tärning med mig
De spelade de spelade gull tärning

Och första gull tärning som på taffelbordet rann
Den gode båtsman tappade och sköna jungfrun vann
De spelade de spelade gull tärning

Emot er jag sätter min sjömanskappa blå
Jag min jungfrudom, den du aldrig kan få
De spelade de spelade gull tärning
De spelade de spelade gull tärning

Och sista gull tärning som på taffelbordet rann
Den sköna jungfrun tappade och kloke båtsman vann
De spelade de spelade gull tärning

Jag är väl ingen båtsman som eder synas kan
Jag är en kungason ifrån Engeöland
De spelade de spelade gull tärning
De spelade de spelade gull tärning


BOATMAN

Listen now, little boatman, what I ask you now:

Do you want to play golden dice with me?
They played, they played golden dice.

And the first golden die that rolled across the table
The good boatman lost and the pretty maid won.
They played, they played golden dice.

I will now wager my blue sailor's coat.
And I my maidenhead, which you will never get.
They played, they played golden dice.

And the sixth golden die that rolled across the table,
The pretty maid lost and the clever boatman won.
They played, they played golden dice.

I don't want a boatman who looks like you.
I am a king's son of England.
They played, they played golden dice.

(This version was performed by Lena Willemark and Ale Möller on their CD "Nordan".)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: BATSMAN
From: Mad Maudlin
Date: 08 Dec 02 - 02:56 PM

Sorry I screwed up the line breaks - I thought you still had to insert a br in brackets after each line... :(

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Line breaks fixed. I also deleted the Å from the thread title, because special characters like that tend to cause us problems in thread titles (not the the message title and song text remain the same.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: BATSMAN
From: Mad Maudlin
Date: 08 Dec 02 - 05:06 PM

Thanks, Joe. Will keep that in mind.

Nathali

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: BATSMAN
From: Snuffy
Date: 08 Dec 02 - 06:16 PM

But replacing the å with an a makes all us Brits think that it's a song about cricket!!