English lyrics Iam a poor farmworker, but I live anyway. Days come and go, while I work hard, harrowing, sowing seeds and plowing, sweeping the barn floor, digging and carrying walk behind my cattle, screaming, whistling and swearing. I am a poor farmworker and I chew my tobacco And when Saturday comes, I want to get drunk. Then, when I get high-spirited, I want to tussle and fight Sleep at a girl’s house, that’s what I’d like to do too, of course. Then,Sunday comes and our priest wants me to go to church, but that is when I sleep the most. Priests can sleep the whole day on Monday ,but a poor farmworker must start working again. That’s how the week goes, every day and every year. I walk with my scythe and I plow and sow seeds I guide my cattle and pile hay Harrow, work and slave and one day I shall die. Stands there, poor farmworker, before Heaven’s gate A little scared and sorry for the sins I committed. One shall not drink, be with girls and fight. The Lord, God in Heaven is quite disappointed, of course. But then the Lord says: poor farmworker, come here, I’ve seen your struggle and your persistent hard work, Therefore, poor farmworker, you are welcome here. Therefor poor farmworker, you will be near me. Oh, I, the poor farmworker stand so quiet before God And then he dresses me with the whitest of all garments. Now, says the Lord, your work is done. Now, poor farmworker, you may rest.
"Bonddräng" can also be translated to "Farm hand", which in my humble opinion would fit better. A "dräng" was basically a man who lived and worked on a farm, often together with several others, and the pay was food and housing (with exceptions). So naturally these men were poor, as the title of the song suggests. The female equivalent of this would be "piga", but they more often helped out with the household chores of the farmers family, rather than the heavy farm work.
One of the most beautiful swedish songs❤️ It’s a song from the swedish movie Emil i Lönneberga from 1971. The story about Emil is written by Astrid Lindgren, one of Swedens most famous authors, and she also wrote the lyrics to this song❤️
One thing that really shows how beloved Astrid Lindgren was to the Swedish people was her funeral. She got more or less a state funeral. Her coffin was escorted to the church by the royal guards. In the church, the royal family attended together with members of the parlament.
The child Emil of the story written by Astrid Lindgren is a very good friend to the hardworking farmhand Alfred who here describes all his toiling life. The author Astrid L wss well versed in the old-time songs sung by farm maids etc in the 1800ies. She wrote this and hit the feelings of those old songs bang on. The stories about Emil depicts how a young boy grew up in the country back then. You could compare that lifestile as an swedish equivalent to the Laura Ingalls stories from the Little House on the Praire.
he is singing a song from an astrid lindgren movie, about a poor farmworker, like how he´s life is beeing, hard work all days and after all work he is so tierd and stand in gates of heaven and god let him in because he has seen all hes hard work day in and day out etc
Thank you for your reaction! This song has a beautiful text. In Astrid Lindgrens funeral another Tommy (Körberg) was singing this song. There where loudspeakers outside the church so all people could follow the funeral. I was there with my kids and we recognaised a white dove fly iver the church round and round over the church the whole funeral. When I hear this song I always thinking of that moment. I know Astrid was there with us.
It’s about the struggle for those who stayed in Sweden during the hard times when people starved or left to America. About 100 years ago. This is what make me love the spirit of my people that stayed and never gave up. Greetings from Sweden 🙏🇸🇪
Färsk potatis, köttbullar , prinskorv, Janssons frestelse and a lot of snaps..!!😊👍🏻❤️ loved your reaction as always Suesue and my bearded brother 😍❤️. You really need to come and visit us here in Sweden in the summertime or in winter it’s beautiful then to, but summer is to prefer. It’s pretty cold here in the winter😉..!
I have never asked how old the wolfman is so im just gonna go with my own age. Im 60 this year and i have the utmost respect of both of u but since u started to talk about it, i think Suesue is beatyful and the fact u listening to the music i do i find not much negative to say about u as a woman. As u might see im a Sweede so being direct is not what id do. Again Wolfman, i have loads of respect for u so i would never say anything to piss u off. I hope the best for u both.
Loved this!! 💗 That was a great reaction 2 years ago, and you’ve had a lot of great videos with Tommy since. A lot has changed since then, and some remains the same, your shirt, for instance, dreamer. Have enjoyed the journey with you.
The song lyrics was written by Astrid Lindgren (author of children's classics like Pippi Longstocking) for the character framhand Alfred in the movie about Emil in Lönneberga. The composer was, recently passed, Georg Riedel, who was an amazing musician and composer.
I know that as an American u guys sometimes think everything started with u guys. Swedish people in this time the song is about, could often not afford to pay for their children so many was sent to farms to work as, not slaves, coz that was abollished at this time but we had a system where poor people worked as farmhands and was paid a low vage but there was a law they had to be fed and have a deasent place to sleap in. Sweden was a thirld world country at this time, we had to many wars before this time. This was from a childrens story written by Astrid Lindgren who wrote the Pippi Longstocking books, and i grew up with this series of films where this song is part of. I wish u guys the best and be safe.
Love your The Light reaction. I’ve seen it for like ten times. “What a beautiful young man!”😂 And this reaction was gold as always! Glad midsommar på er!😊
Midsummer foods that are very common and traditional, pickled herring in lots of different variations, Västerbotten Cheese Pie, Gravlax, boiled eggs, meatballs and strawberry cake.
Fattig bonddräng, I think it can be translated to Poor peasant in english? From the Emil i Lönneberga movies by Astrid Lindgren (author of Pippi Longstocking).
Here is a link to the original. It is from the film "Emil in Lönneberga" made in 1971. Written by Astrid Lindgren who has written, among other things. Pippi Longstocking. In Sweden, this figure is probably the most popular. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kuIX1grFLpY.htmlsi=m3mU-rlZtQhp7OIi
Love yours reactions, a live 700 meter from the place Tommy recorded the last two covers (Nyfors Tyresö). #Nu grönskar det" is recorded at Tyresö Castle 2-3 km from Nyfors The place is 15 km from Stockholm. Tommy is a fantastic artist and a Swedish treasure.
hey guys....awesome song by Tommy again ...loved how he rolled his tongue when he was singing......it is really hot here 34 c all week....too hot for me.....have heat warning in effect here right now into next week....i'm melting........till Tommys next adventure.....stay safe and cool......X
Awesome reaction! This was so interesting... another little something I can add to my playlist. Can you possibly react to Lacuna Coil - In The Mean Time?
@@SueSueandthewolfman It was a couple of months ago, during the winter. Me and my wife and my youngest daughter went to the grocery store and while we walked around I saw the back of this big guy walking around with his grocery basket and I thought "this could be Tommy" and when he turned around... it was Tommy! We swedes are reserved and dont like to bother people so at first I didn't do anything, but I told my wife I had to thank him for what he is doing and that we highly appreciate everything he is doing for everyone with his music. So I called him "Hey Tommy!" and he turned to me and I introduced myself, we shook hands and then I thanked him for everything he is doing, my wife gave him compliments as well. He's a very friendly and humble guy, a gentle giant, he thanked us a lot for the support and then he dug deep into his pocket and gave us a few of his Sabaton guitar picks with his signature "Tommy J" printed on them as a token of gratitude. Then we shook hands again and my wife said we're looking forward to next friday, then he laughed and thanked us again for the support. That was it, then he went on to buy his groceries.
A Swedish reactor named GivenToe has uploaded his reaction with english captions during the song. If you want to know what the three different Tommys are singing about. GivenToe also appeared in Tommys "This is Halloween" song as the guy on the TV with half red face. (they are friends) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f79Tj7n4VOo.html
You're right, Suesue! Men look distinguished with gray hair! Women just look old! LOL!!! Tommy in nature is always a good thing! Swedish is such a pretty language. Or is that because it's TOMMY??? LOL! Great weekend to both of you! ❤
Good reaction but always so low sound. When I listen, I have to turn the volume up to max to hear what you are saying. It's just like that on your channel.
This is about the Christian (lutheran) notion that you should work hard all your life, stay at your "station" in life, and not expect any rewards in life. Your reward for all your work, your blood, sweat and tears will be given to you in heaven. Don't try to climb the social ladder and become someone, if you're a poor farmhand it's because god wants it that way. Alfred, the farmhand who sing this song in the movie, is one of the lucky ones, he has a great employer who's fair and wise. Others wan't so lucky and was really mistreated and used.
this song did astrid lingen the lyricks to for sweden trlevisor serie Emil i lönnebera ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kuIX1grFLpY.html
