I got the hankerin'

to listen to this song - which has an awesome bassoon part -



Edvard Grieg was Norwegian and the words to "In the Hall of the Mountain King" go something like this:

    "(The troll-courtiers): Slagt ham! Kristenmands søn har dåret

Dovregubbens veneste mø!

Slagt ham!

Slagt ham!

(a troll-imp): Må jeg skjære ham i fingeren?

(another troll-imp): Må jeg rive ham i håret?

(a troll-maiden): Hu, hej, lad mig bide ham i låret!

(a troll-witch with a ladle): Skal han lages til sod og sø?

(another troll-witch, with a butcher knife): Skal han steges på spid eller brunes i gryde?

(the Mountain King): Isvand i blodet!

What?? you can't read Norwegian?

Slay him! The Christian's son has bewitched

The Mountain King's fairest daughter!

Slay him!

Slay him!

May I hack him on the fingers?

May I tug him by the hair?

Hu, hey, let me bite him in the haunches!

Shall he be boiled into broth and bree to me

Shall he roast on a spit or be browned in a stewpan?

Ice to your blood, friends!"

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