Balladen om det stora slagsmålet på Tegelbacken [English translation]

(Verse 1)

In the month of january year 1903

A bunch of goons from Kungsholm where seen marching east

While carrying their bottles and with caps mounted on the side

They where fighting cause they were never included

It was the boys from Stockholm, it was boys with character

It was the boys who where in one hell of a mood

And with brass knuckles and spears and with their blood boiling red

Heading to Tegelbacken to set things straight

(Verse 2)

And the same night, all had gathered next to Brunkeberg

A merry bunch who were frothing from Klara's ale and cider and marrow gravy.

There was no room for maybe when a fight had begun

They where fighting because everything was so wrong

It was the boys from Stockholm, it was boys with character..

(Verse 3)

The echo thundered from the boys crossing from Gamla Stan

Bringing 88 Söderkisar, true men all day long.

And from Östermalm a column marched with pashion and with sway

But they where fighting cause they had to walk the furthest

It was the boys from Stockholm, it was boys with character..

(Verse 4)

And Tegelbacken square was soon emptied of harlots and prostitutes

After the boys came marching from every end of town

The square lay empty and silent in the moons white light

Alwhile the singing rose inbetween the houses

It was the boys from Stockholm, it was boys with character..

(Verse 5)

They stod at Tegelbacken. They stod there man to man

In the pale moonlight, but no one dared to go on the offensive

During four hours they bickered and screamed from each respective allyway

And then they turned around and went back home again.

It was the boys from Stockholm, it was boys with character..

(Verse 6)

But to this day they talk in Stockholm city with terror

Of how the hooligans at Tegelbacken fought three days in a row

And with brass knuckles and spears and with their blood boiling red

Heading to Tegelbacken to set things straight

• Artist:Olle Adolphson
• Album:Resan hem