Another nursery rhyme ("Bis bis byo")

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Norn	Old Norse/Nordic	English
Bis bis byo Bulva reeka tyo Tak laigen Slogan veggin Bulva reeka tyo Variant form: Bøn vil ikkə tīæ tak an læggən slōgan væggən bøn vil ikkə tīæ

JJ: "Bulva reeka" is evidently a corruption of boņ(ə) vil ikə 'the child will not (be quiet)'. Cf. a Faroese rigmarole (Antikvarisk tidsskrift, 1851, p. 322), beginning: "Rura rura barnið" - and containing the lines: "vil ikki barnið tiga, so tak um legg og slá í vegg - so skal barnið tiga" - If the bairn will not be quiet, take it by the leg and hit it against the wall - that will make it be quiet.

Watch a live performance of this lullaby ("Rura barnið") by the famous Faroese singer Eivør Pálsdóttir:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZbnYwAF8sc

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