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Old September 22nd 03, 07:02 PM
Tim Dudley
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Default O.T. hjelp! with translation??

Can't find this info anywhere else - I've tried! Can someone please
translate these two folk songs for me? (You can mail me directly in order
to not offend the purists in the group...)

Thanks!


Tim
(Mandatory ski content: you could wind up in one of the Norwegian Mountain
Touring Association huts singing these after a ski across the
Hardangervidde...)

First:

Nils Tallefjoren den daute karen, han bela seg afte Høkstulgaren;
aa alt han bela, saa gik de ba, de'va madam Tulle han vilde ha.


and a cattle call:

So lokka me over den myra te role haug
kom alle dei underle dyra, kom kjyra
kom lækkete Kare...


and

Ungersvenden han bad sin pige, sin allerkjæ reste ven;
om han saa skuld'faa lov til at reise bort og komme so snarligt igjen


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