“Romjulsdrøm” was written by the very popular Norwegian poet Alf Prøysen, who lived from 1914 – 1970.
(“Romjul” = The days between Christmas and New Years eve.)
The song is written in the Norwegian dialect from Hedmark (Eastern Norway). Alexander calls “Romjulsdrøm” his favorite Christmas song – and he has performed it at many occasions.
You can watch Alexanders’ performance of ROMJULSDRØM in the video below. The performance was a part of the big, traditional Christmas-TV-show KVELDEN FØR KVELDEN. Watch the full TV-show HERE
From the Norwegian TV-show “Kvelden før Kvelden”, broadcast by NRK on December 23rd 2018. All rights belong to NRK
ROMJULSDRØM
Text: Alf Prøysen (1914-1970) Music:Thoralf Borg (1895-1969)
En skulle vøri fire år i romjul’n
og kjint ei jinte som var nesten fem,
og begge skulle kledd seg ut med masker
og kømmi julbokk tel et bæssmorhem.
Og klokka skulle vara midt på dagen
og vægen skulle vara lett å gå,
og æille bikkjer skulle vara inne
og æille biler skulle bære stå.
Og hvis en møtte onger etter væga
som lo og sa dom ville vara med
da sku en hatt en bror i femte klassen
som rødde væg så folk fekk gå i fred.
Og bæssmorhuset skulle mæssom såvå
og bak gardina skulle ingen sjå –
før dom fekk stiltre seg på tå i gangen
og feste maska før dom knakke på.
Så sku dom klampe inn på tunge hæler
og kvinke julbokkmål «Godkvell, godkvell».
Og djupt i stolen sku a bæssmor svara:
«Så kom det julbokk åt en stakkar lell!»
En skulle vøri fire år i romjul’n
da julelysa brente dagen lang –
og væla var et hus med fire vegger,
der saligheta var et bæssmorfang.
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
One should be four years old at Christmas time
And know a girl who was nearly five,
And both should dress up with masks
And visit Grandmas’ house in costumes.
It would be in the middle of the day
And the road would be easy to walk,
And all dogs should stay indoors
And there would be no cars on the road.
And if there were other children on the way
Who made fun and wanted to come along,
Then, one should have a brother in fifth grade
Who cleared the way, so we could walk in peace.
And the Grandma-house should be asleep
And nobody should look through the curtains
until we could tip- toe through the hallway
And put the masks on before, we knocked.
One should be four years old at Christmas time
with Christmas lights shining all day long
where the world was a house with four walls,
And happiness was a Grandmas’ lap
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