- opdateret tirsdag 22. juli 2024 -
Hun havde mig lovet et Hjertebrød.
Det, saa jeg, hun gav til Morten.
She had promised me a Hearth Bread.
That, I saw, she gave to Morten.
En Middagstid mellem tolv og et.
Engang var jeg rigtig i Vinden.
One Noontime between twelve and one.
Then I was really in Trouble.
Forbavset min yngre Broder, Emil,
Gav Slip paa Pisk og paa Slæde.
Astonished my younger Brother, Emil,
Let go Whip and Sledge.
Saa aabned Mama sit Vindve paa Klem,
Og raabte paa vore Navne.
Then Mom opened the Window Ajar.
And called our Names.
Skynd jer nu straks herind igen.
Nu kommer Dorthe med Maden !
Hurry up come in immediately again.
Now Dorthe comes wih the Meal !
Jeg drukned min Sorg og fandt min Trøst
Paa Bunden af Sagosuppen.
I drowned my Sadness and found my Consolation
At the Bottom of the Sago Soup.
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- and step into The White House -
- and join the party as it was - live !
The United States, or America as we often say in Denmark -
- occupies a very special place in the imagination of my countrymen.
This is vividly illustrated by a children's story in verse -
- which first appeared in 1830 -
- and has been read to this very day.
It tells the story of a small disenchanted boy -
- who has received bad grades at school -
- a scolding from his mother for having torn his trousers -
- and whose girlfriend has let him down. [Laughter]
So, he decides to run away to America because America -
- as he explains: -
"There the horse has silver shoes I'm told -
- the carriage has whorls to match;
- the streets and roads are paved with gold -
- you may bend and keep what you catch.
Chocolates and sweets from the bushes drop -
- and the trees have candy flowers -
- it rains and snows with lemon pop -
- and hail is peppermint showers." [laughter]
This may be rather a fanciful picture -
- of the United States- [laughter]-
- but I fully agree with the boy -
- when he goes on to say:
"But once you've safely reached that land -
- you'll never regret the voyage."
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