Aleive said

Originally there are no lyrics. But the Norwegian book and songwriter Torbjørn Egner wrote a song called "The parrot from America" with the exact same melody It starts around 27 seconds into the video you just played The lyrics are something along the lines of 

Jeg er en papegøye fra Amerika. 
Der ble jeg født for veldig lenge siden.
Jeg snakket ikke da, men papegøye-mamma sa:
Han lærer nok å snakke litt med tiden.
Og det kan jeg - å falleri å fallera,
hvis noen spør meg hvor jeg kommer fra, 
jeg svarer falleri å fallera - 
jeg er en papegøye fra Amerika.

I skogen bodde jeg til jeg var åtte år. 
Da ble jeg fanget av en fugle-fanger.
Han lærte meg å snakke slik at alle folk forstår, 
og lærte meg en masse fine sanger. 
og det kan jeg - å falleri å fallera. 
Hvis noen spør hvem jeg har lært dem a', 
jeg svarer: Falleri å fallera - 
av fuglefangermannen i Amerika.

En dag kom det en skippermann og kjøpte meg, 
og jeg fikk plass i skipperns store lomme.
Vi seilte over havet, men til slutt så rømte jeg, 
og siden kom jeg hit til Kardemomme. 
Og her er jeg - å falleri å fallera, 
og her i byen liker jeg meg bra.
Og alle vet - å falleri å fallera - 
at jeg er papegøyen fra Amerika.

 

This is a parrot saying he is from America :3 It is really cute, truth be told. And while the melody isn't precisely the same. It is a fact that it was based on this tune Just goes to show how famous this rant is

No kiddin!!! Thats really cool, thanks Aleive. 

I forwarded the link for the song and vid to my long time friend/musical sidekick Bill last week. Topic line was "Tall skinny guy plays Morepeth Rant on new electric fiddle", he knew who it was right away, I`m sure! 

He only does the internet thing at work, and so had not seen the video yet. But we did talk over the weekend and was respectfully reminded that the title was "Morepath" Rant, that`s how we pronounced it back when. To which I responded that according to all net sources it is indeed Morepeth Rant. I`m sure he will find your info on the song to be quite interesting!  Thanks again!

suresh said

Hi Dan! Welcome.  An excellent video.  That gave an opportunity to see your first video - Angel Point - Grand Canyon.....
Looking forward to your posts on recording.

Thanks for the video(s). 

Thanks Suresh, glad you saw Angel Point too. That`s my own personal favorite. It was the first song I have done that really struck me emotionally. Just the power of the last verse and the images from what, for me, was the best vacation of my llife.