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 Song Info: |
Hiski Salomaa - one of those poor young men who went to The USA in the very beginning of 1900's, and soon strated to sing at Halls, and who also recorded many of his song. |
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In English:
You may call me just
byt the name of Riika,
I'm not an old maiden,
despite I'm 52 years old,
Emil says: you are still
like a child.
I'm working at daytime,
washing cloths, cleaning floors,
making such kind of
work to the high society.
Five bucks and ten cents, that is
you can get money from there
per a day,
Hence, I dont have to work
to bitter ladies,
to be one of their employed girls.
I carrry near all of my dollars
to bank,
and I have still money for food,
And I have still money for
a bone to our soap.
Emil brings the rest of money
for everything else we need.
I wish that Emil
would marry with me.
Perhaps it would be
a great pleasure.
But I do not care much of
children -
one would be just enough.
I shall build
a little home
notwithstanding ho much
I shall travel from East to West
there in The West.
But marriage should be
a pleasure, and I could
avoid to go to the Brocken.
Then I could have
a servant boy of my own.
look at me:
soon I'm as old as a donkey!
And it could be too heavy
to stand to be
still an employed girl!
I shall buy a little cabin
from the old country
behind overseas -
I don't like very much
of this country.
There I would just lay
on the shore of a lake
of my own.
- Tr. Timo Kinnunen -
In Finnish:
Nimeni on minun Riika
enk' oo mikään vanhapiika,
ikäni on viisikaks,
Eemil sannoo: olen kuin laps'.
Ainai käyn minä päivätöissä,
pyykkiä myös pesemässä,
herroille vain puuhamass',
lattioita kuuramass'.
rililitiuitu...< br>
Neljää taalaa kymmenen senttii
saapi sieltä päiväs jenttii.
Ei minun tartvitse piikaamass'
olla ämmiä ruusamass'.
Taalat vien minä kaikki pankkiin,
siihen sivuss' leipää hankkii -
palkoist' saan vielä soppaluun,
Eemil laittaa kaiken muun.
rililitiuitu...
Ah, jos Eemeli minut naisi,
niin ehkäpä ilon irti saisi -
mutt' lapsia en laittaisi,
ei kai se yksi kyllä haittaisi.
Kodin pienen laitan tänne,
vaikka kuinka laahaan Lännen,
silloin mulla ilo ois',
kun vaan pääsis kyöpelistä pois.
rililitiuitu...
Sitte sais' olla oma paashi -
kohta olen vanha kuin aasi!
raskasta on liiaksi,
ruveta ennää piiaksi!
Torpan ostan vanhasta maasta,
en minä tykkää tästä maasta,
siellä kellisin kesällä sannalla,
kauniilla järven rannalla.
- Hiski Salomaa - |
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| Lyrics Author: |
Hiski Salomaa |
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| Composer: |
Hiski Salomaa |
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| Filesize: |
1.4MB |
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