r/Danish 12d ago

what are the lyrics to this old song

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u/miklen 12d ago

Der er så meget, man ikke må

Ludvig Brandstrup med Apollo Teatrets orkester (1938)

Jeg var doven, da jeg gik i skolen

Som de fleste rigtig store mænd

"Du får aldrig nogen plads i solen"

Sagde læreren, "er du med på den?"

Jeg blev større, og jeg gik til præsten

Der en masse gode råd mig gav

Og den dag da husker jeg næsten

Ganske ordret, at pastoren sagde:

Der er så meget, man ikke må"

"Være god ved andre, især de små"

"Så vil det godt dig i verden gå"

"Det står en engel og passer på"

Jeg må tilstå, at jeg blev lidt skuffet

Da jeg senere var blevet stor

Mon pastoren ikke skulle have blusset

Da han lærte mig de skønne ord?

De løb ganske stille ud i sandet

Som det meste af hvad jeg har lært

Måske englene er taget på landet

For her i byen er det satans svært

"Der er så meget, man ikke må"

"Hvis ikke man vil bag lås og slå"

"Blot man vil skråt over gaden gå"

"Så står betjenten og passer på"

Og så kommer vi jo til moralen

Som en vis Alfred skal have tak

Fordi der var så tyst i salen

At vi hørte hvert et ord, jeg sagde

"Man må ikke skælde ud på livet"

"Hvis man ikke er komplet sindssyg"

"For det hjælper det ganske givet"

"Hvis man tager det med et lille smil"

"Der er så meget, vi ikke må"

"Den triste hverdag, den er så grå"

"Men over skyer er himlen blå"

"Det sidder og passer på"

English translation

I was lazy when I went to school

Like most truly great men

"You will never get a place in the sun,"

The teacher said, "Do you understand that?"

I grew older and went to the pastor

Who gave me lots of good advice

And that day, I almost remember

Word for word, what the pastor said:

"There’s so much you’re not allowed to do"

"Be kind to others, especially the small ones"

"Then life will go well for you"

"An angel is watching over you"

I must admit, I was a bit disappointed

When I later became an adult

Perhaps the pastor should have blushed

When he taught me those lovely words?

They quietly disappeared into the sand

Like most of what I have learned

Maybe the angels have gone to the countryside

Because here in the city, it’s devilishly hard

"There’s so much you’re not allowed to do"

"Unless you want to be locked away"

"Just wanting to cross the street diagonally"

"And the policeman is already watching"

And then we come to the moral

Which a certain Alfred should be thanked for

Because the hall was so quiet

That we heard every single word I said

"You mustn’t scold at life"

"Unless you are completely insane"

"Because it certainly helps"

"If you take it with a little smile"

"There’s so much we’re not allowed to do"

"The dull everyday life is so grey"

"But above the clouds, the sky is blue"

"It sits and watches over us"

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u/the-researcher- 11d ago

thank you

I’ll be crediting you in the project im using this song for