Recordings from the Estonian Folklore Archives 3

Small Beer A-fermenting!

Selma Lätt Halliste (1966)

Uhhui!
Mede taar apneb,
külanaise kaklev,
uhhui!
Kes juub, sii juubnus jääb,
kes maitseb, sii maha satab,
uhhui!

Phoo!
Our small beer is a-fermenting,
the village women are a-brawling,
phoo!
Whoever drinks it will get drunk,
whoever tastes it will be knocked off their feet,
phoo!

RKM, Mgn. II 1149 a < Tartu l. < Halliste khk. – H. Tampere Eesti Raadios 1966. a. < Selma Lätt, 56-a.
[LP I c 4; CD1-15]. Tampere 1956, 218–219 (nr. 11).