Harri [English translation]

I'm Harri and I yell in the corridor

Form double files in the barrack rooms and Rinta-Keturi, no moving

Before I was a corporal, now a sergeant

When the commander of the battery promoted me

Maybe I'm not like King of the Royal Mounted1

Even though I even have slightly bowed legs

During my evening leave I have a really rough time

When I waddle to the restaurant like Donald Duck

I twist an R around a beam2

I twist an R around a beam

I twist an R around a beam

Because I'm Harri

I twist an R around a beam

I twist an R around a beam

Goddammit! Because I'm Harri

Once, when I travelled by VR,3

I came across a horrible boy, he hit me with a fist

Then I rolled to Riihimäki's hospital from there

A nurse put a thread on my lip

I twist an R around a beam

I twist an R around a beam

I twist an R around a beam

Because I'm Harri

I twist an R around a beam

I twist an R around a beam

Swear words! Because I'm Harri

Forward march! Forward march!

Forward march!

Forward march, march!

I twist an R around a beam

I twist an R around a beam

I twist an R around a beam

Because I'm Harri

I twist an R around a beam

I twist an R around a beam

Goddammit! Because I’m Harri, damn it!

1. a comic book character2. "Ärrän kierrän ympäri orren" (or "ärrän kierrän orren ympäri") is a tongue-twister, so this is just the literal meaning of it. Often little kids practice the pronunciation of the letter R with it.3. a Finnish railway company