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

From Öckerö barn (on a farm) sounds of accordion and base are heard and the full moon's shining as if it was made of glass.

There Fredrik Åkare danses cheek to cheek

with little miss Cecilia Lind

She dances with closed eyes near (to him)

She follows in the dance right were he wants.

He leads and she follows light as a breeze,

but tell (me) why is Cecilia Lind blushing?

Say, was it because of what Fredrik Åkare said:

You smell so good and you dance so well.

Your waste is thin and your bosom is round

You're so beautiful, Cecilia Lind

But the dance ended and where could they go?

They lived so close to each other anyway

Finally they ended up at Cecilias gate

Now I want to be kissed, said Cecilia Lind

(You should) know shame, Frederik Åkare, be ashamed old man!

Cecilia Lind is only a child

Pure as a flower, shy as a doe (a female deer)

I will soon turn 17, said Cecilia Lind

And the stars wander and the hours pass

And Fredrik is old, but 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