Paroles et traduction Hans Rotmo - Ølbrygginga

Ølbrygginga

Vi sleit da vi brygga øl hos′n Trygve
For da bygget på risten vart lagt
Vist det seg bygget va gras og itj bygg, det
Vi frøkta at jula va helt ødelag
Trygve sa: Vi brygge læll!
Vi ainneran vi sa: Ja vel! (gjer vi ja)
Graset va gult - itj nå smak på det hell
Bert sa: Vi legg det i melk så det svell!
Æ foreslo å bland ti ein pakk tobak
Trygve sa: Hønskit e ber som smak!
Så tømt'n på ei trillbår uten å nøle
Pluss en liten heimbrentknert
Det ølet - vart i allfall sterkt

Mellomspill C-G-D-G-C-D-G

Så lett vi det gjær som om det va bygg
På finvask i veskemaskin
Lukta va da forferdelig stygg
- "De herran lukte som øl før i tid′n!"
Sa'n Sverre som va bryggebas
Og det tøkt vi all va stas (det gjor vi, ja)
Han Bert ha glemt å ta med sæ sil
Så vi sila med eksosanlegget på ein bil
Men ølet etsa sæ gjennom vårres votta
- "Sjå, det etse gjennom eksospotta!
Du din tulling, du søle!"
- "Nei, ta dæ sammen Bert, Bert!"
Det ølet vart iallfall sterkt

Mellomspill

Vi sendt rundt ølet i ei gammel pott
Ei pisspott fra 1944
Vi grein og vi himla og sa det va godt
Så utørst ha ingen virri før
Tå dagrappi og høneskit og sot
Vi tok ein slurk og datt over fot (det gjor vi, ja)
Etterpå stilt vi oss opp på ei rekk
For å piss i lagbakom huset
Da fåttå det ti gjennom snøen så det suse
Tjoooff, så va huset vekk!
- "Dæsken, hørt dokk brølet?"
- "Æ trudd det va ein fjert!"
Det ølet vart iallfall sterkt

Beer Brewing

We had a difficult time when we brewed beer at Trygve's place
Because, when the grain was placed on the grill
It turned out that the crop was grass and not barley
We feared that Christmas would be ruined
Trygve said: "We'll brew no matter what!"
The rest of us said: "Sure! (let's do it!)
The grass was yellow - no taste to it either
Bert said: "We'll soak it in milk so it will swell!"
I suggested we mix in a pack of tobacco
Trygve said: "Chicken shit is a better flavor!"
So he threw a wheelbarrow full of it into the mix, without hesitation
Plus a little homemade moonshine
That beer - at least it was strong

Interlude C-G-D-G-C-D-G

We fermented it as if it were barley
In the delicate wash cycle of the washing machine
The smell was awfully disgusting
- "You gentlemen reek like beer already!"
Said Sverre, the head brewer
And we all thought that was great (we did, yeah)
Bert had forgotten to bring a strainer
So we strained it through the exhaust system of a car
But the beer ate through our gloves
- "Look, it's eating through the exhaust pipe!"
You fool, you're making a mess!"
- "No, pull yourself together Bert, Bert!"
That beer was at least strong

Interlude

We passed around the beer in an old pot
A chamber pot from 1944
We grimaced and rolled our eyes and said it was good
No one had ever been so thirsty
Of brewer's yeast, chicken shit, and soot
We took a sip and fell over dead (we did, yeah)
Afterwards, we lined up in a row
To piss on the side of the house
It whistled through the snow so fast
Bang, and the house was gone!
- "Holy cow, did you hear the boom?"
- "I thought it was a fart!"
That beer was at least strong