Brumbasken i Bumba

TRANSLATION AND COMMENTS BY DR. ALF LUNDER KNUDSEN

This is a fun, nonsensical rhyme.

The rod is in the bread box!
The cat beats the drum
and four mice are dancing,
so the whole earth is shaking.

The cat sat on the rooftop,
talking to her daughters.
Where are we going this winter,
our feet are freezing?

Let’s go to Denmark,
and buy shoes for one mark —
Trot, trot, trot —
and pepper and grain. Meow!