Kelling liggur í durum deyð
fær ikki etið smør ella breyð
ást ber hon í barmi
fær ikki etið fyri harmi
Statt up og dansa
Hvørjum skal eg dansa við
Halanum og smalanum
gumpinum og stumpinum
"Starta sá tú nakrantíð stertireyv?"
Starta fór á kvørn at mala
vid gráum gumpi og hvítum hala
Okkurt er gott í vóni
gentur heingja pott uppyvir
dreingir koma við spóni
Hjarta er brotið, kann ikki dansa
tak um hana tak hana við
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(English lyrics)
Hag lies on the doorstep dead
Cannot eat neither b***er nor bread
Love she bears in her breast
Cannot eat with self pity
Stand up and dance
Whom should I dance with?
The tail and the flock of sheep
The hip and the fool
"Starta, did you ever see a restless fish tail?"
Starta went to turn the grindstone
Bottom grey and tail of white
Something good is a-coming
Girls hang up pots
Boys come with spoons
Her heart is broken, cannot dance
embrace her, take her with
fær ikki etið smør ella breyð
ást ber hon í barmi
fær ikki etið fyri harmi
Statt up og dansa
Hvørjum skal eg dansa við
Halanum og smalanum
gumpinum og stumpinum
"Starta sá tú nakrantíð stertireyv?"
Starta fór á kvørn at mala
vid gráum gumpi og hvítum hala
Okkurt er gott í vóni
gentur heingja pott uppyvir
dreingir koma við spóni
Hjarta er brotið, kann ikki dansa
tak um hana tak hana við
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(English lyrics)
Hag lies on the doorstep dead
Cannot eat neither b***er nor bread
Love she bears in her breast
Cannot eat with self pity
Stand up and dance
Whom should I dance with?
The tail and the flock of sheep
The hip and the fool
"Starta, did you ever see a restless fish tail?"
Starta went to turn the grindstone
Bottom grey and tail of white
Something good is a-coming
Girls hang up pots
Boys come with spoons
Her heart is broken, cannot dance
embrace her, take her with