Balladen om herr Fredrik Åkare och den söta fröken Cecilia Lind [English translation]

From the barn at Öckerö sounds the accordion and bass

and the full moon shines like it's made out of glass

There Fredrik Åkare dances cheek to cheek

with little miss Cecilia Lind.

she dances with her eyes closed so close next to him,

she follows in the dance exactly where he wants.

He leads and she follows as easy as a wind,

But say why is Cecilia Lind blushing?

Say was it because Fredrik Åkare said:

You smell so good and you dance so well.

Your waist is thin and your bosom is round.

Oh you are beautiful, Cecilia Lind.

But the dance ended and where would they go?

They still lived so close to each other.

Eventually they got to Cecilia's gate.

Now I want to be kissed, said Cecilia Lind.

Behave, Fredrik Åkare, be ashamed old man!

Cecilia Lind is a mere child.

Pure as a flower, timid like a doe.

I'll soon be seventeen, said Cecilia Lind.

And the stars wander and the hours flee

and Fredrik is old byt the moon is new.

Yes, Fredrik is old but love is blind.

Oh, kiss me again, said Cecilia Lind.

• Artist:Cornelis Vreeswijk
• Album:Grimascher och telegram