Jeg gikk en tur på stien
Sometimes only the 1st verse of this song is sung.
Jeg gikk en tur på stien
I Went for a Walk on the Path
Children's Song
Children's Song
(Norwegian)
(English)
Jeg gikk en tur på stien
og søkte skogens ro.
Da hørte jeg fra lien
en gjøk som gol ko-ko.
Ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ro, ko-ko
Ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ro, ko-ko.
Jeg spurte den hvor mange,
hvor mange år ennå.
Den svarte meg med lange
og klagende ko-ko.
Ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ro, ko-ko
Ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ro, ko-ko.
Jeg spurte om dens make
og om dens eget bo.
Den satt der oppå grenen
og kikket ned og lo.
Ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ro, ko-ko
Ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ro, ko-ko.
Vi bygger ikke rede,
vi har hjem, vi to.
Fru Spurv er mor til barna
vi galer kun ko-ko.
Ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ro, ko-ko
Ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ko, ko-ro, ko-ko.
I went for a walk on the path
And sought the tranquility of the forest.
Then I heard from the hillside
A cuckoo saying coo-coo.
Coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-roo, coo-coo
Coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-roo, coo-coo.
I asked it how many,
How many years hitherto?
It answered me with a long
And complaining coo-coo.
Coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-roo, coo-coo
Coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-roo, coo-coo.
I asked about its mate
And about its own living,
It sat there on the branch
And looked down and laughed.
Coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-roo, coo-coo
Coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-roo, coo-coo.
"We don't build nests,
We have a home, just us two.
Mrs. Sparrow is the mother of the children.
We only go coo-coo."
Coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-roo, coo-coo
Coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-roo, coo-coo.
Notes
The original song was composed by Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari (1763 -1842), an Italian composer and teacher.
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Thanks and Acknowledgements
Thanks to Michael E. Berman for sharing this song. Translated by Michael and Lisa.
