Rikoo on riskillä ruma [English translation]

I'm only a poor singer (on my way down, with empty pockets)

as lately the wind has been blowing through my wallet

My reputation as a wealthy man went right out

when they discontinued the one-penny coins

and the cold starts to corner a merry man

when he can't afford even clothes

Poverty is not a sin,

but it does embarrass you

when your confirmation-day suit wears out

and your long johns peek through

It is cheap and it is warm

but tricot on a stocky guy is ugly

Tricot on a stocky guy is ugly,

fubugly is tricot on a stocky guy

A stocky person sweats in tricot,

tricot on a stocky guy sure is ugly

Not with those long johns, I'll tell you right now (you don't mean that, do you really?)

said the last girl when I proposed a quick one-night union

At four in the morning I got lucky anyway,

when her old man stormed into the bedroom wearing tricot

A big black man with long johns (yuck!)

with an ax in hand, too

I said use the blunt end, please

and not on the face

And please, dear man, go get dressed,

because tricot on a stocky guy is ugly

Tricot on a stocky guy is ugly,

fubugly is tricot on a stocky guy

The old man started to sweat in his tricot,

tricot on a stocky guy sure is ugly

If I ever got myself long johns on my travels (why not, don't always complain)

I mean, to manage to keep them clean in life's struggles

I've seen many sets of long johns,

and in pretty dire condition

Overclothes you can get with money,

but long johns are on each person's conscience

On the last day, tail coats and overalls

will be taken off at the pearly gates

There we'll stand, as everyone's long johns are inspected

It must be a terrible sight,

because tricot on a stocky guy is ugly

Tricot on a stocky guy is ugly,

fubugly is tricot on a stocky guy

Many will sweat in the tricot of doom,

tricot on a stocky guy sure is ugly

Fubugly is tricot on a stocky guy,

a person will sweat in life's tricot

The v-necked ones I'll throw in a soak,

tricot on a stocky guy sure is ugly