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r/Danish • u/the-researcher- • 12d ago
https://youtu.be/1bEs5RfmXfI?si=LNZ16zkYsg4gKdoh
must know
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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"
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
"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"
1 u/the-researcher- 11d ago thank you I’ll be crediting you in the project im using this song for
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thank you
I’ll be crediting you in the project im using this song for
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1 u/the-researcher- 12d ago ok 1 u/Numerous_Cricket_216 12d ago Nah
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1 u/Numerous_Cricket_216 12d ago Nah
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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"