Evert Taube: Sjösala vals
Sjösala vals
G D7
Rönnerdahl han skuttar med ett skratt ur sin säng
D7 G
Solen står på Orrberget. Sunnanvind brusar.
G D7
Rönnerdahl han valsar över Sjösala äng.
D7 G
Hör min vackra visa, kom sjung min refräng!
G
Tärnan har fått ungar
B7
och dyker i min vik,
Em
ur alla gröna dungar
B7
hörs finkarnas musik.
C
Och se, så många blommor
G
som redan slagit ut på ängen!
C D7 G
Gullviva, mandelblom, kattfot och blå viol.
Rönnerdahl jumped up with a laugh from his bed.
The sun is over Orr mountain, the southern wind rushing.
Rönnerdahl he waltzes over Sjösala field.
Hear my pretty song, come sing my refrain!
The tern has got her young ones
and is diving in my bay,
From all the green dingles
is heard the music of the finches.
And see, so many flowers
already blooming in the field!
Cowslip and almond-flower, cat's-foot and violet blue!
Rönnerdahl han virvlar sina lurviga ben
under vita skjortan som viftar kring vaderna.
Lycklig som en lärka uti majsolens sken,
sjunger han för ekorrn, som gungar på gren!
Kurre, kurre, kurre
nu dansar Rönnedahl.
Koko! Och göken ropar
uti hans gröna dal.
Och se, så många blommor
som redan slagit ut på ängen!
Gullviva, mandelblom, kattfot och blå viol.
Rönnerdahl he whirls his rough legs
beneath the white nightshirt that flaps round his calves.
Happy as a lark in the May sunshine,
He sings for the squirrels who are swinging on the branch!
Scurry scurry scurry,
Now dances Rönnerdahl!
Coo-Coo! And the cuckoo calls
from his green dale.
And see, so many flowers
already blooming in the field!
Cowslip and almond-flower, cat's-foot and violet blue!
Rönnerdahl han binder utav blommor en krans,
binder den kring håret, det gråa och rufsiga,
valsar in i stugan och har lutan till hands,
väcker frun och barnen med drill och kadans.
Titta! ropar ungarna,
Pappa är en brud,
med blomsterkrans i håret
och nattskjortan till skrud!
Och se, så många blommor
som redan slagit ut på ängen!
Gullviva, mandelblom, kattfot och blå viol.
Rönnerdahl he weaves from the flowers a garland,
binds it around his hair, which is grey and scraggy,
he waltzes into his cottage and has the lute in hand,
his wife and children awaken to trills and cadences.
See! cry the children,
Daddy is a bride,
with a flower wreath in his hair
and his nightshirt for a wedding gown!
And see, so many flowers
already blooming in the field!
Cowslip and almond-flower, cat's-foot and violet blue!
Rönnerdahl är gammal men han valsar ändå,
Rönnerdahl har sorger och ont om sekiner.
Sällan får han rasta - han får slita för två.
Hur han klarar skivan, kan ingen förstå,
ingen, utom tärnan
i viken - hon som dök
och ekorren och finken
och vårens första gök.
Och blommorna, de blommor
som redan slagit ut på ängen,
Gullviva, mandelblom, kattfot och blå viol.
Rönnerdahl is old but he waltzes yet.
Rönnerdahl has troubles and is strapped for cash.
Rarely does he rest, he must labour for two.
How he gets by, none can understand!
None but the tern
in the bay - the one who dives -
and the squirrel and the finches
and the first cuckoo of spring.
And the flowers, the flowers
already blooming in the field!
Cowslip and almond-flower, cat's-foot and violet blue!
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The first part of each verse is an object lesson in how to make an entrancing melody using only two chords! In the Youtube performance Evert Taube seems to play a different chord in place of the first B7.
My own rendition:
Sjösala: About 25km due east of Stockholm, on the shore of the archipelago. I'd probably describe it as part of the mainland rather than a distinct island, but in this semi-submerged part of the world it's a moot point.
The common May flowers in Rönnerdahl's meadow are:
Gullviva (literally Golden Primrose) - Primula veris - Cowslip.
Mandelblom (=Mandelblomma) literally "almond flower" - Saxifraga granulata - Meadow Saxifrage
Kattfot lit. Cat's foot - Antennaria dioica - Mountain Everlasting
Blå Viol (lit blue violet) - Viola species; given the location and colour, it must surely be Ängsviol - Viola canina - Heath Dog-violet.
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One of Evert Taube's best-known songs. Here are some more:
https://michaelpeverett.blogspot.com/2018/04/evert-taube-sa-lange-skutan-kan-ga.html
http://michaelpeverett.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/dansen-pa-sunnano-dance-in-sunnano.html
http://michaelpeverett.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/evert-taube-sommarnatt.html
http://michaelpeverett.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/evert-taube-rosa-pa-bal-rosa-at-ball.html
http://michaelpeverett.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/evert-taube-calle-schewens-vals.html
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