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Ja, nu ska ja rita hem to you ett lite letters brev för att tala om hur very vell ja må, men de år rätt länge sen, you see, som ja me pennan skrev så ja hoppas att du understand förstår. |
Yes, now I'll write a little letter home to you to tell you how very well I'm getting on. It's been a long time, you see, since I've written with my pen; I hope that you will understand. 2.
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Många dagar hava flytt sen dess | ja for från Swedens lann, men ja lövver dej ännu, my little friend, å fastän du mej bedrog å skämde ut dej mä en ann, ska ja älska dej intou my bitter end.
Many days have gone by | since I left Sweden but I still love you, my little friend. For even though you jilted me for another, I'll love you unto the bitter end. 3.
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Ja ä frisk å kry te hälsan | å ja har'et ganska bra, utan skryt ä ja allready ganska rik, för ja tjänar ganska very much mä daler varje dag oppå Varner Jonsons Factorifabrik.
I'm in good health | and I have it rather fine. Without bragging, I am already pretty rich, for I earn quite a few dollars every day in Warner Johnson's factory. 4.
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Dä va sårglit som ja hörde | att din fästman geck to hell, å att han blev killed utav en pistol, för han kom i bråk mä dagos när han geck i lann en kväll -- ja, så gå de te i staden Liverpool.
I was sorry when I heard | your fiancé had gone to hell, and that he was killed by a pistol, for he got into a fight with Italians when he went ashore one evening -- yes, that's the way it is in the city of Liverpool. 5.
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Därför tänkte ja som så att | när de gamla nu ä glömt, att ja skulle ta å fråga dej å be att du tog å reste hit, för dä ä drömmen som ja drömt, -- å föräxten kan du ta din unge mä.
So I thought that | when the old is now forgotten that I should ask you a question: if you'd consider coming here, for that's the dream I've dreamed -- and by the way, you can bring your kid, also. 6.
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Men nu slutar ja å hoppas | att du tar å skriver hit fortast möjlist, å adressen min den ä: Mister Charles P. Anderson, 604B, Main Street, Person City, Indiana, U.S.A
But now I'll close with the hope | that you'll write as soon as possible to this address: Mister Charles P. Anderson, 604B, Main Street, Person City, Indiana, U.S.A |