Rosvo-Roope [English translation]

If you fill my glass I'll tell you

A sad tale with no equal

It's a song about a pirate named Roope

He broke hearts wherever he went

He was young and fair

And he'd been taught by his father

But the girl he loved betrayed him

And so Roope became a cruel robber

The shores of the Baltic Sea still remember Roope

And the women of St. Petersburg still shake their heads

And the cities on the Finnish Gulf knew Roope the robber

And all the way in Kokkola they feared him

The maiden from Estonia's shore will never forget

How she went to a bar with Roope

They ate and had a drink

She burned her heart but Roope only smoked a cigar

The maiden of Åland did not know her state

When Roope brought his shirt for washing

One button was missing, she sewed it back on

And at the same time she also sewed her heart on

Finally Roope got his just deserts, he's in Finland now

And probably works as a ferryman on some river

He submitted before a widow and ended up married

And that's how Roope the Robber was slowly hanged

• Artist:Tapio Rautavaara