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Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla

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BARGES
CANOE PADDLE
EACH CAMPFIRE LIGHTS ANEW
GIRL SCOUTS TOGETHER
HERE WE ARE
I CAN SAIL
I LOVE THE DAFFODILS
MAKE NEW FRIENDS
OUR CHALET
PEACE I ASK OF THEE OH RIVER
RISE AND SHINE
TALL TIMBERS
WE ARE CALLED THE GIRL SCOUTS
WEAVE
WHEN E'RE YOU MAKE A PROMISE
WHO CAN SAIL


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In Mudcat MIDIs:
Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla [Louise Dannielson, Stockholm] (published in East-West Songs, Cooperative Recreation Service 1960)


patscott@mcn.org 02 Feb 97 - 12:36 PM
arnowitt 01 Mar 97 - 08:45 PM
Th. Fransson, Soederkoeping, Sweden 03 Mar 97 - 01:50 PM
Freso 19 Jan 03 - 10:28 AM
Freso 19 Jan 03 - 10:36 AM
open mike 19 Jan 03 - 08:00 PM
Firecat 19 Jan 03 - 08:36 PM
AKS 20 Jan 03 - 07:20 AM
OldPossum 05 Jul 03 - 07:25 AM
masato sakurai 05 Jul 03 - 07:51 AM
LadyJean 05 Jul 03 - 11:21 PM
GUEST 15 Aug 03 - 12:18 AM
GUEST,ljmtt@aol.com 10 Nov 03 - 04:20 PM
Jenny Islander 16 Nov 03 - 01:31 AM
GUEST 31 Jul 06 - 03:44 PM
RobbieWilson 31 Jul 06 - 06:11 PM
bfdk 31 Jul 06 - 09:55 PM
Joe Offer 01 Aug 06 - 12:26 AM
GUEST,shannon 08 Aug 06 - 02:51 PM
GUEST,Joe Offer, at the Honda Dealer 08 Aug 06 - 05:18 PM
GUEST,--Shane 10 Aug 06 - 12:43 AM
GUEST,lauren 15 Oct 06 - 05:38 PM
GUEST 10 Apr 07 - 09:27 PM
Joe Offer 11 May 08 - 11:38 PM
GUEST,Kari 25 Jul 08 - 02:29 PM
GUEST,Antonina 04 Jun 09 - 03:52 AM
GUEST 16 Jun 09 - 02:11 PM
GUEST,amazing_emily 28 May 10 - 03:33 PM
GUEST,Montserrat 09 Oct 10 - 03:05 PM
GUEST,Mikko R 27 Nov 10 - 05:20 PM
GUEST,Mikko R 27 Nov 10 - 05:22 PM
GUEST,swedish maden (chorus name) 10 Dec 11 - 11:56 AM
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GUEST 17 Sep 15 - 02:34 PM
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Subject: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: patscott@mcn.org
Date: 02 Feb 97 - 12:36 PM

Anyone know the source, author, etc of this song? Who can sail when there is no wind With no oars to be rowing?


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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: arnowitt
Date: 01 Mar 97 - 08:45 PM

I know of this as a Sweedish song
Who can sail without wind
Who can row without oars
Who can say farewell to a friend
without shedding a tear

I can sail without wind
I can row without oars
I can not say farewell to a friend
Without shedding a tear
There are Sweedish lyrics, but I don't think I'd better even try, as my memory of 'em is about twenty years old, and Sweedish was never my language.


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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: Th. Fransson, Soederkoeping, Sweden
Date: 03 Mar 97 - 01:50 PM

Even I thought it was a from Sweden, but in my old songbook I find it was a song from The Aaland islands. The laungage in The Aaland islands is Swedish but the islands not depend to Sweden.
Vem kan segla foerutan vind, vem kan ro utan aaror,
vem kan skiljas från vaennen sin utan att faella taarar.

Jag kan segla foerutan vind, jag kan ro utan aaror,
men ej skiljas fraan vaennen min utan att faella taarar.


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Subject: Lyr Add: Vem kan segla
From: Freso
Date: 19 Jan 03 - 10:28 AM

This Lyr Add shall be dedicated to my youngest cousin, Solvei Pipaluk Sandberg Nielsen, who passed away less than an hour ago, at the age of 5... she'd suffered from leuchemia for more than a year now... may she rest in peace...

VEM KAN SEGLA
Text: unknown/trad.(?)
Tune: Finnish-Swedish folktune

Vem kan segla föruten vind?
Vem kan ro utan åror?
Vem kan skiljas från vännen sin
förutan att fälla tårar?

Jeg kan segla förutan vind,
jag kan ro utan åror.
Men ej skiljas från vännen min
förutan at fälla tårer.

TRANSLATION (Who can sail):
Who can sail without a wind?
Who can row with no oars?
Who can part from friends of theirs,
without to shed any tears?

I can sail without a wind,
I can row with no oars.
But I can't part from friends of mine,
without to shed any tears.

SOURCE:
Politikens Forlag: Lystige viser til søs (1st edition, 1990, page 92)

- Freso


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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Vem kan segla
From: Freso
Date: 19 Jan 03 - 10:36 AM

whee... sorry... i just found that it had already been added... oh well... at least mine is a more thorough Lyr Add than the other one... at least a bit... oh well...


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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Vem kan segla
From: open mike
Date: 19 Jan 03 - 08:00 PM

sorry to hear about your little cousin//
sweet song. It is always hard to see
little ones go. i had a niece who was
taken by cancer at 16...just not fair...


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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Vem kan segla
From: Firecat
Date: 19 Jan 03 - 08:36 PM

Sorry to hear that.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Vem kan segla
From: AKS
Date: 20 Jan 03 - 07:20 AM

Hope that your little cousin has found her way to the light, Freso (Solvei = sun(ny) way)!

'Vem kan segla' is probably the most well-known folksong of Åland (Ahvenanmaa in Finnish), which is an autonomous province in the south-western archipelago of Finland, consisting of about 6500 islands of which some 65 are presently inhabited.

AKS


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Subject: Tune Add: Vem kan segla
From: OldPossum
Date: 05 Jul 03 - 07:25 AM

X:63
T:I Can Sail
T:Vem kan segla förutan vind
B:Nordiske sange, Nordisk Råd 1991, ISBN 87 7303 577 7
N:filename[ CANSAIL2
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:F
D2 D F>ED | A2 A A3 | B2 B d>cB | A3 A3 |
w: Vem kan seg-la för-u-tan vind, vem kan ro u-tan å-ror,
G2 G B>AG | F2 F D3 | E>EE A,2 ^C | D3 D2 z1 |]
w: vem kan skil-jas från vän-nen sin u-tan att fäl-la tå-rar?



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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: masato sakurai
Date: 05 Jul 03 - 07:51 AM

Vem Kan Segla (score, with Swedish & English lyrics)

Vem kan segla förutan vind? (with Swedish, French, German, & English lyrics)


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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: LadyJean
Date: 05 Jul 03 - 11:21 PM

You'll find it in the Girl Scout Songbook. Or at least I found it in mine.


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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Aug 03 - 12:18 AM

i went to a camp and the second verse goes like this.

i can sail where there is no wind,
without oars to be rowing
but i can't sail away from you,
without tears a-flowing


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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: GUEST,ljmtt@aol.com
Date: 10 Nov 03 - 04:20 PM

does anyone know the Finnish lyrics for this song?


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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: Jenny Islander
Date: 16 Nov 03 - 01:31 AM

Sally Rogers sings it like this:

Who can sail without the wind?
Without oars who can row?
Who can leave a friend behind
Without the tears that flow?

I can sail without the wind,
Without oars I can row,
But I cannot leave a friend behind
Without the tears that flow.


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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Jul 06 - 03:44 PM

i have always learned it like this....

who can sail away with no wind
who can row without oars
who can seperate from dear frinds without a single tear

try to sail away with no wind
try to row without oars
try to seperate from dear friends without a single tear

i can sail away with no wind
i can row without oars
but i cant seperate from dear friends without a single tear


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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: RobbieWilson
Date: 31 Jul 06 - 06:11 PM

I went to a wedding in Stockholm about 3 years ago and thought I would learn a Swedish song for the occassion. The Groom was a Chilean refugee the Bride Russian and I think we counted 23 different nationalities at the wedding.

I was delighted that all the Scandanavians knew the one Swedish song I had learned and we sang the first verse in Swedish, English, Spanish, Russian, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish and some others I can't remember then sang the second verse in each of our laguages also. For a song with only two short verses it lasted about 30 minutes and was avery moving, unforgettable event.


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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: bfdk
Date: 31 Jul 06 - 09:55 PM

And here's the Danish version, then:

Hvem kan sejle foruden vind
Hvem kan ro uden årer
Hvem kan skilles fra vennen sin
Uden at fælde tårer.

Jeg kan sejle foruden vind
Jeg kan ro uden årer
Men ej skilles fra vennen min
uden at fælde tårer.

Best wishes,

Bente


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Subject: ADD Version: Who Can Sail?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 01 Aug 06 - 12:26 AM

I didn't find it in any scout songbooks, but it's in a book called Tent and Trail Songs from the American Camping Association, originally published in 1962 by the Cooperative Recreation Service - so I figure it's one of many international songs that came into use in the US by way of the Cooperative Recreation Service. It's also in a Cooperative Recreation Service book called East-West Songs, which apparently is the original U.S. source of this song.

Here's their version. It's only slightly different from the others, but posting the exact lyrics makes it less cumbersome to explain the MIDI.

-Joe Offer-


Who Can Sail
(Swedish Folk Song)

Who can sail away with no wind?
Who can row without oars?
And who can separate from dear friends
With never a single tear.

I can sail away with no wind;
I can row without oars,
But I can't separate from dear friends
With never a single tear.

Vem kan segla förutan vind, vem kan ro utan åror,
vem kan skiljas från vännen sin utan att fälla tårar?

from Louise Dannielson, Stockholm -published in East-West Songs, Cooperative Recreation Service 1960

The tune is very much like the ABC tune that OldPossum posted above.

Click to play


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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: GUEST,shannon
Date: 08 Aug 06 - 02:51 PM

who can sail when the winds won't blow,
need no oars for my rowing,
who can part with ones heart of glow,
part when your tears are flowing.


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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: GUEST,Joe Offer, at the Honda Dealer
Date: 08 Aug 06 - 05:18 PM

I think I like your translation better, Shannon.
-Joe-


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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: GUEST,--Shane
Date: 10 Aug 06 - 12:43 AM

Who can row without an oar?
Who can sail without wind?
Who can part from a dear friend,
Without a tear on the chin?

I can row without an oar.
I can sail without wind.
I can part from a dear friend,
Without a tear on the chin.


Above is how Jens Lekman sung it the last two times he toured Australia.


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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: GUEST,lauren
Date: 15 Oct 06 - 05:38 PM

i was taught last week that it goes like this(at least the alto part)...

who can sail without winds
oars needed for rowing
who can part
who can part when your tears
your tears are flowing

i can sail without winds
no oars for my rowing
i cant part
can not part when our tears
your tears are flowing


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Subject: RE: Lyrics and source: Who can sail
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Apr 07 - 09:27 PM

Who can sail away without wind?
Who can row without oars?
Who can say goodbye to a friend without a tear the eye?

I can sail away without wind.
I can row without oars.
But i can't say goodbye to a friend without a tear in the eye.


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Subject: ADD Version: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: Joe Offer
Date: 11 May 08 - 11:38 PM

My Dutch-South African friend sang the Cooperative Recreation Service translation Friday night. She's known it all her life, and I don't think she recalled where she learned it.


Another person at the song circle came up with translation, which appears to be the same song as one verse posted above:

    Who can sail when there is no wind,
    With no oars to be rowing?
    Who can sail far away from friends
    With no tears a-flowing?

    I can sail when there is not wind,
    With no oars to be rowing.
    But I can't sail far away from friends,
    With no tears a-flowing!

All this started me looking, and I found lots of recordings and translations. There's a nice YouTube recording here (click).
There's a somewhat different version on the Smithsonian/Folkways/Monitor album Best-Loved Songs of Sweden, by Saga Sjöberg and Kai Soderman. I don't see a date on the album notes, which say that "Vem Kan Segla" is a folksong from Norrland, which is the northern half of Sweden.

There are four versions and a MIDI at ingeb.org:

Vem kan segla förutan vind?
Vem kan ro utan åror?
Vem kan skiljas från vännen sin
Utan att fälla tårar?

Jag kan segla förutan vind,
Jag kan ro utan åror.
Men ej skiljas från vännen min
Utan att fälla tårar.


tr. Frank
Wer kann segeln ohne Brisen,
Wer kann rudern ohne Blatt,
Wer kann, ohne Trän' vergießen,
Freund verlassen, den er hatt'?

Ich kann segeln ohne Brisen,
Ich kann rudern ohne Blatt,
Doch nicht, ohne Trän' vergießen,
Freund verlassen, den ich hatt'!

Qui peut faire de la voile sans vent ?
Qui peut ramer sans rames ?
Et qui peux quitter son amant
Sans verser de larmes ?

Je peux faire de la voile sans vent
Je peux ramer sans rames
Mais ne peux quitter mon amant
Sans verser de larmes.


tr. Frank
Who can sail without the wind,
Who can row without an oar,
Who can leave behind a friend,
Without just one tear to pour?

I can sail without the wind,
I can row without an oar,
But I cannot leave a friend,
Without just one tear to pour.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: GUEST,Kari
Date: 25 Jul 08 - 02:29 PM

i was cleaning my room and found a piece of paper all folded up and wrote on the outside was 'sail away' and inside is a song similar to the ones here, but theres 2 added verses... i have no idea where i got this from but i wrote it down when i was like 8

who can sail away with no wind?
who can row without an oar?
and who can separate from a friend
without a single tear?

who can fly to the top of a hill?
who can reach the sky?
and who can separate from a friend
without a tear in his eye?

i can sail with no wind.
i can row without oars.
but i cant separate from a friend
without a tear in my eye.

i can fly to the top of the hill
i can reach the sky
but i can t separate from a friend
without a tear in my eye
but i cant separate from a friend
without a tear in my eye

i was in girl scouts so that could be where i got it, but i honestly have no idea..


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: GUEST,Antonina
Date: 04 Jun 09 - 03:52 AM

wow so many different versions... I heard somebody else sing it and thought it was beautiful... haunting, almost eerie... anyway, they sang it like so.

Who can sail where the wind won't blow?
Oars are needed for rowing
Who can part with your heart aglow,
Part when your tears are flowing?

They didn't have a second verse or anything. I heard someone sing it in French the other day, too. That's what got me looking. they called it "Sans verses des larmes" or something like that.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jun 09 - 02:11 PM

This is the version I sang with my choir when I was 8 years old:

Who can sail when the wind won't blow?
Oars are needed for rowing,
Who can part with one's heart aglow,
Part when your tears are flowing?

I can sail when the wind won't blow,
Need no oars for my rowing,
I can't part with my heart aglow,
Part when your tears are flowing.

This is a link to me singing it as I remember the parts...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue1DUvZ3QKQ


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: GUEST,amazing_emily
Date: 28 May 10 - 03:33 PM

My last year in elementary, which was 3 months ago, we sang that song and it went like this.........

Who can sail away with no wind?
Who can row with out oars?
And who can separate from a friend, with out a single tear?

Who can fly to the top of the hill?
Who can reach the sky?
And who can separate from a friend with out a tear in his eye?

I can sail away with no wind.
I can row with out oars.
But I can't separate from a friend with out a tear in my eye.

I can fly to the top of the hill.
I can reach the sky.
But I can't separate from a friend with out a tear in my eye.
I can't separate from a friend with out a tear in my eye.

last eye = 12 secs


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: GUEST,Montserrat
Date: 09 Oct 10 - 03:05 PM

I learned this song both in Catalan (my native language) and in Swedish many years ago, when I was singing at our local Choir. I ahve always loved it! We used to sing it in both languages.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: GUEST,Mikko R
Date: 27 Nov 10 - 05:20 PM

Finnish version. 'Vän' is translated as 'kulta', which is explicitly romantic, closer to 'sweetheart' or 'darling' than 'friend'. Then again, the Swedish 'vän' can be read as more romantic than English 'friend'. Also, this version refers to the 'sweetheart' going with someone else, not just 'separating'. Btw., I've seen a much longer Swedish lyrics to this, more like eight verses, no two.


Ken voi seilata tyynessä,
kenpä airoitta soutaa?
Keltä voi ilman kyyneltä
kulta nyt toiselle joutaa?

Vaikka seilaisin tyynessä,
voisin airoitta soutaa.
Eipä vois ilman kyyneltä
kultani toiselle joutaa.


Literal back-translation from Finnish to English:

who can sail in still waters
who can row without oars
who can without a tear
give up their sweetheart to another

if I did sail in the still
I could row without oars


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: GUEST,Mikko R
Date: 27 Nov 10 - 05:22 PM

I couldn't without a tear
give up my sweetheart to another


(Ooops, sorry about the second message. I hit send accidentally.)


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: GUEST,swedish maden (chorus name)
Date: 10 Dec 11 - 11:56 AM

My chrous class is singing this for a chorus performance and we are called the "swedish madens" and the english lyrics are "Who can sail when the winds wont blow Oars are needed for rowing Who can part with ones heart a glow,part when your tears are flowing" - "I can sail when the winds wont blow Need no oars for my rowing . I cant part with my heart a glow part when your tears are flowing"


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: open mike
Date: 10 Dec 11 - 12:49 PM

http://www.odins-gift.com/mp3/others/traditional/whocansail.mp3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE502j0Yb7s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bstHvbS8yo


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Mar 12 - 08:55 AM

Maar nog steeds geen antwoord op de vraag? wie heeft het geschreven en gecomponeerd.

Men fortfarande inget svar på frågan? som har skrivit och komponerat.

No capo needed - Standard tuning.

Intro: Am Am7|Dm|Am|Dm|Am|Em|Am6 Am

Am               Am7
Vem kan segla förutan vind

Dm             Am
Vem kan ro utan åror

Dm                   Am
Vem kan skiljas från vännen sin

Em            Am6 Am
Utan at fälla tårar




Am               Am7
Jag kan segla förutan vind

Dm             Am
Jag kan ro utan åror

Dm                  Am
Men ej skiljas från vännen min

Em             Am6 Am
utan att fälla tårar

Full lyrics:

Who can sail without wind? Who can row without oars?
Who can separate from his friend without tears falling?
I can sail without wind. I can row without oars.
But I cannot separate myself, without having these tears falling.


Though some contest there's a second verse/the complete lyrics go:

Who can sail away with no wind? Who can row without oars?
Who can separate from a friend without a tear in my eye?
Who can fly to the top of the hill? who can reach the sky?
Who can seperate from a friend without a tear in his eye?
I can sail away with no wind. I can row    without oars
But I cant separate from a friend without a tear in my eye
I can fly to the top of the hill i can reach the sky
But i cant separate from a friend without a tear in my eye!


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Sep 15 - 02:34 PM

Who can sail without any wind?
Who can row without any oar?
Who can part from their friends and kin
Without any tear falling?

I can sail without any wind
I can row without any oar
but cannot part from friends and kin
Without any tear falling.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Sep 15 - 02:45 PM

Asked to sing for a charity gig in support of the Middle-East refugees (calais crisis, etc) I was led to review* the English translation and this version was indeed very well received by both an Irish audience and choir in the last two days. I hope you'll like it as well.

*(I was happy with none of the above versions which seem to betray the original Swedish or be prosodically/musically awkward...)

Note that this song can be sung as a round (canon), in my youth in France, we used to enter after the firs line (right after 'wind') which gave the song a //3rd-type of harmony.
Recently a young Norwegian woman living in Galway taught us to enter after the 2nd line (just after oar) which gives a //5th-type harmony, much more dramatic in tone! Absolutely gorgeous.

Note that by entering after both the 1st and 2nd lines, the harmony is even richer. Enjoy!
T.Michel


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: Joe Offer
Date: 17 Sep 15 - 03:12 PM

It's really tough to work up a singable translation that really works. Here's the first translation I submitted for the Rise Again Songbook

    Who can sail without the wind?
    Who can row without oars?
    Who can part from a friend
    Without shedding tears?

    I can sail without the wind,
    I can row without oars,
    But I cannot part from a friend
    Without shedding tears.

Here's the final version we came up with as a group effort:
    Who can sail without the wind?
    Who can row without oars?
    Who can separate from a friend
    Without shedding tears?

    I can sail without the wind,
    I can row without oars,
    But I can't leave a friend behind
    Without shedding tears.


I think the final product works pretty well.

-Joe-


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
From: GUEST,Rory
Date: 20 Nov 20 - 06:39 PM

Vem Kan Segla/Byssan Lull

Recording

Patrice O'Neill & Hilary Field
Album: Cantilena: Night Songs from around the World (2010)


Vem Kan Segla/Byssan Lull
a/b
(Who Can Sail without Wind?/Galley of Riches)

Two traditional Swedish lullabies.


1a
Vem kan segla förutan vind?
Vem kan ro utan åror?
Vem kan skiljas från vännen sin
Utan att fälla tårar?

2a
Jag kan segla förutan vind,
Jag kan ro utan åror.
Men ej skiljas från vännen min
Utan att fälla tårar.

3b
Byssan lull, koka kittelen full,
Där kommer tre vandringsmän på vägen.
Byssan lull, koka kittelen full,
Där kommer tre vandringsmän på vägen.
Den ene, ack så halt,
Den andre, o så blind,
Den tredje säger alls ingenting.

4(2a)
I can sail without blowing winds,
I can row without oars.
But I never can part from my friend
Without falling tears

5b
Byssan lull, koka kittelen full,
Där blåser tre vindar på haven,
På Stora ocean,
På lilla Skagerack
Och långt upp I Bottniska viken.

Byssan lull
Byssan lull



Translation

1a
Who can sail without wind?
Who can row without oars?
Who can part from his friend
Without shedding tears?

2a
I can sail without wind,
I can row without oars.
But I cannot part from my friend
Without shedding tears

3b
Byssan lull, boil the full kettle,
Three wanderers are coming down the road.
Byssan lull, boil the full kettle,
Three wanderers are coming down the road.
The first one is limping,
The second one is blind,
The third one doesn't say anything.

4(2a)
I can sail without blowing winds,
I can row without oars.
But I never can part from my friend
Without falling tears

5b
Byssan lull -- boil the full kettle,
Three winds are blowing at sea.
One the great ocean,
On the little Skagerrak,
And far up on the gulf of Bothnia.

Byssan lull
Byssan lull


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Vem Kan Segla Förutan Vind?

Vem kan segla förutan vind?
Vem kan ro utan åror?
Vem kan skiljas från vännen sin
Utan att fälla tårar?

Jag kan segla förutan vind,
Jag kan ro utan åror.
Men ej skiljas från vännen min
Utan att fälla tårar.


Who Can Sail without Wind?

Who can sail without wind?
Who can row without oars?
Who can part from his friend
Without shedding tears?

I can sail without wind,
I can row without oars.
But I cannot part from my friend
Without shedding tears

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Byssan Lull
(Galley of Riches)

Song by Evert Taube (1890-1976) 1919
Swedish author, artist, composer and singer.

Taube edited the text and published the song in his first collection Sju sjömansvisor and Byssan Lull (Seven sailor songs and Byssan Lull ) in 1919.

Byssan Lull became known in 1921, when songwriter Evert Taube adapted it from a song his mother used to sing to him ; while the kettle is boiling, the song tells of various sets of three things, wanderers, stars or treasures.


Byssan lull, koka kittelen full,
Där kommer tre vandringsmän på vägen.
Den ene, ack så halt,
Den andre, o så blind,
Den tredje säger alls ingenting.

Byssan lull, koka kittelen full,
På himmelen vandra tre stjärnor.
Den ena är så vit,
Den andra är så röd,
Den tredje är månen den gula.

Byssan lull, koka kittelen full,
Där blåser tre vindar på haven,
På Stora ocean,
På lilla Skagerack
Och långt upp I Bottniska viken.

Byssan lull, koka kittelen full,
Där segla tre skutor på vågen.
Den första är en bark,
Den andra är en brigg,
Den tredje har så trasiga segel.

Byssan lull, koka kittelen full,
Sjökistan har trenne figurer.
Den första är vår tro,
Den andra är vårt hopp,
Den tredje är kärleken, den röda.

Byssan lull, koka kittelen full,
Tre äro tingena de goda.
Den första är Gud Far,
Den andra är hans Son,
Den tredje mild Jungfru Maria.




Byssan lull -- boil the full kettle,
Three wanderers are coming down the road.
The first one, oh so limp,
the second, oh so blind,
the third one says nothing at all.

Byssan lull -- boil the full kettle,
In the sky three stars are wandering.
The first one is so white,
The second one is so red,
The third one is the yellow moon.

Byssan lull -- boil the full kettle,
Three winds are blowing at sea.
On the great ocean,
On the little Skagerrak,
And far up on the gulf of Bothnia.

Byssan lull -- boil the full kettle,
Three schooners are sailing here.
The first one is a barque,
The second one is a brig,
The third one has ragged sails.

Byssan lull -- boil the full kettle,
The treasure chest has three figures.
The first one is our faith
The second one is hope,
The third one is the red love.

Byssan lull -- boil the full kettle,
There are three good things.
The first one is God our Father,
The second is his Son,
The third one is the mild Virgin Mary.



"Byssan" is Swedish sailor slang for "kabyssen" with translates to "the galley", the kitchen on a boat, and lull is an idiom for riches.


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