Teddybjørnens Vise - Hanne Krogh

Og aldri har jeg sett

Så mange penger som hos han

Men enda var’n sparsom

Og jeg tenkte: for et hell

Har sparer slik at han og jeg

Skal kjøre karusell

Og da jeg skulle trekkes

Vet du hvem som vant meg da

Jo det var han med pengene

Og spør om jeg var glad

Nå får jeg kjøre karusell

Men vet du hva jeg fikk

Et gråpapir rundt magen

Før han tok meg med og gikk

Jeg ble’kke pakket opp engang

Han la meg på et kott

Og jeg som trodde rike bamser

Hadde det så godt

Da hadde det vært bedre

Å bli vunnet av en venn

Som ikke eide penger

Men som elsket en igjen

Slik lå jeg lange tier

Men en dag tok han meg ned

Og la meg i bilen sin

Og kjørte til et sted

Ja, det er nesten underlig

At såntno' hende kan

For den som pakket op meg

Det var lille Marian

Og han var hennes bestefar

Og tok henne på fang

Nå skal du få en teddybjørn

I fødselsdagspresang

Og Marian var ellevill

Hun danset og hun sang

Og jeg fikk snurret rundt og rundt

For aller første gang

Og siden har jeg snurra

Nesten mer enn jeg vil

For Marian er ikke den

Som lar meg ligge still

Og sløyfa mi har tassen spist

Og håra skreller a'

Men det gjør ingen verdens ting

Jeg brummer og er gla

For hvis jeg mister større ting

Som hue eller ben

Tar Marian en hyssingstump

Og syr dem op igjen

Og det er mye bedre

Enn å legges vekk et sted

Med silkebånd om halsen sin

Og aldri være med

And never have I seen

As much money as he has

But he was still frugal

And I thought: what a luck

Have savings so that he and I

Going to ride the carousel

And then I was about to be pulled

Do you know who won me over then

Yes, he was the one with the money

And ask if I was happy

Now I get to ride the merry-go-round

But you know what I got

A gray paper around the belly

Before he took me and left

I wasn't even unpacked

He put me on a cone

And I who believed rich teddy bears

Had such a good time

Then it would have been better

Being won over by a friend

Who did not own money

But who loved one again

This is how I lay for a long time

But one day he took me down

And put me in his car

And drove to a place

Yes, it's almost weird

That such a thing can happen

For whoever packed me up

It was little Marian

And he was her grandfather

And captured her

Now you will get a teddy bear

As a birthday present

And Marian was furious

She danced and she sang

And I got spun around and around

For the very first time

And since then I've been spinning

Almost more than I want

Because Marian is not the one

That leaves me still

And my bow the paw has eaten

And the hair peels off

But it makes no difference

I hum and am happy

Because if I lose bigger things

Like a hat or legs

Takes Marian a stub of twine

And sew them up again

And it's much better

Than to be put away somewhere

With a silk ribbon around his neck

And never join