Lautatarhan "rimadonna" [English translation]

In those days, in those days

You could earn 5 marks in an hour

A coffee cost 1 mark and a beer cost 2

And lemonade was even cheaper

When Ruusa came to the lumberyard

Every man got a wound in his heart

They called her a "Prima Donna"

And I guess she deserved that name

Love raged like wildfire

And it spared no one

Only an ice pack the size of a mountain

Could have cooled us down

"You're the Prima Donna of our lumberyard

Flower of the sawmill"

So we sung on top of the timber stack

Lead by Aapeli Jumppanen

I guess Ruusa heard the song

I guess Ruusa heard the song

We exercised madly on the timber stacks

So Ruusa would notice

We laughed at the orders of boss Petteri

Though I guess he was right

In an hour we hardly made a pile

For we had no time for that

We did handstands and somersaulted

To draw Ruusa's eyes to us

We felt as if in midst of planks

A most charming flower had sprouted

Though Jumppanen broke his leg

He took no time off

Boss Petteri hollered and nagged

For we screwed up all the work

The men had their heads in the clouds

And we sang to Ruusa:

"You're the Prima Donna of our lumberyard

Fower of the sawmill"

Only Petteri grit his teeth

Our gang just kept singing to Ruusa

I guess Ruusa heard the song

I guess Ruusa heard the song

The wise men tell the stupid ones:

Love is nothing but suffering

Petteri gave us a final speech

In the master's cabin

He just said that workers

Who don't even work

Must leave this lumberyard

You got the money and there you go

"You're the Prima Donna of our lumberyard

Flower of the sawmill"

So we sung as the gates closed

And we walked away

I guess Ruusa heard the song

I guess Ruusa heard the song

In those days, in those days

You could earn 5 marks in an hour

A coffee cost 1 mark and a beer cost 2

And lemonade was even cheaper

• Artist:Reino Helismaa