Kevin Browne: Songs
Drie Meiden
(Kevin Browne)
This song actually started as a song for three girls from Holland from a family we know there, but writing the entire song in Dutch became quite a challenge, so it turned into a song about one of my students at school, one of the Dutch girls and one girl from Norway with some cultural notes on Holland and Norway. This is one of my favorite songs to play. I really like the chord changes.
Kristina, she likes tea with honey
And winter days, when the skies are sunny
And holidays with fresh-baked cookies
She pirouettes and pliés
And she laughs all the while cause she knows that the summer is ending
And she likes the autumn breeze cause she knows that it leads to December
But she don’t mind it happens all the time
Anne-wil, ze heeft mooie ogen
Blijft zo stil, ze heeft me nooit bedrogen
Hagelslag, eet ze graag bij ontbijt, zij schommelt elke dag
En ze lacht en ze speelt altijd in de tuin met haar zusjes
En ze voelt een lekker bries maar ze weet dat het straks is weer winter
She don’t mind it happens all the time
Susanne, hun spiser gjerne geitost og lutefisk
Hun drikker te til frokost
På sommertid hopper hun ut av senga og danser i det fri
Og i mai vil hun gå med mange mennesker i barnatoget
Og hun føler en lekker bris men hun vet at det leder til vinter
She don’t mind it happens all the time
October 2004
(English translation)
Anne-wil, she has beautiful eyes
She remains so still, she has never deceived me
She likes to eat hagelslag for breakfast, she swings every day
And she always laughs and she plays in the yard with her sisters
And she feels a delicious breeze, but she knows that it leads to the winter…
Susanne, she likes to eat goat cheese and lutefisk
She drinks tea for breakfast
In the summertime she hops out of bed and dances outside
And in May she wants to walk with many people in the children’s procession
And she feels a delicious breeze, but she knows that it leads to the winter…
October 2004
guitar chords (capo 3)
C Em7 Am
(and she laughs)
Fmaj7 Fm7 C Em7 Am Fmaj7 Fm7 C
(she don't mind) D7 Fmaj7 Fm7