Lyrics - Swedish
(Folk song from Sweden)
Refrain
Ritsch, ratsch, filibom bom bom,
filibom bom bom, filibom bom bom!
Ritsch, ratsch, filibom bom bom,
filibom bom bom, filibom!
1. Fru Söderström, fru Söderström, fru Söderström,
fru Söderström, och lilla mamsell Ros.
Ge oss lite sodavatten, sodavatten, sodavatten,
ge oss lite sodavatten, sodavatten punsch!
2. Fru Söderström, fru Söderström, fru Söderström,
fru Söderström, och lilla mamsell Ros.
De tvätta sej i sjövatten, sjövatten, sjövatten,
tvätta sej i sjövatten, sjövatten klart.
English Translation
Refrain
Ritsch, ratsch, filibom bom bom,
filibom bom bom, filibom bom bom!
Ritsch, ratsch, filibom bom bom,
filibom bom bom, filibom! (These words have no meaning.)
1. Mrs. Söderström, Mrs. Söderström, Mrs. Söderström,
Mrs. Söderström, and little Miss Rose.
Please give us some soda water, soda water, soda water,
please give us some soda water, soda water punch. Refrain
2. Mrs. Söderström, Mrs. Söderström, Mrs. Söderström,
Mrs. Söderström, and little Miss Rose.
They washed themselves in lake water, lake water, lake water,
washed themselves in lake water, lake water pure. Refrain
See also
- Country: Sweden
- Form: ABA
- Harmony: I IV V chords
- Melody: repeated tones / tonic triad / ti / high do
- Meter: 2
- Scale: major
- Source: Sing ‘Round the World, Vol 2, Shirley McRae, 1995
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody