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Example 3. Tüütu kärbes [Boring fly] by Contra, based on Tom’s Dinner<br />

by Suzanne Vega. The refrain of the song takes from the similar<br />

asemantical sound of tüü-tüü or tu-tu. Contra has also used as a source<br />

another Estonian cover of the song by Onu Bella. Text published in<br />

Contra 1996: 6.<br />

370<br />

Tüütu kärbes<br />

1. näpin voodi nurgas kotte<br />

und ei tule terve öö<br />

vahelduseks tapan rotte<br />

see on ainus meeldiv töö<br />

närin ühte kohviuba<br />

muud mul pole närimist<br />

keegi lendab mööda tuba<br />

see on tüütu kärbes vist.<br />

A boring fly<br />

1. in the bed corner I scrach my balls<br />

I cannot sleep the whole night<br />

for a change I kill rats<br />

this is the only nice job<br />

I chew one coffee bean<br />

I don’t have anything else to chew<br />

someone is flying about the room<br />

it probably is a boring fly<br />

Refr: tü-tü-tü-tü-tüütu kärbes...<br />

Chorus: bo-bo-bo-boring fly<br />

2. rotilaipu terve hunnik<br />

aina juurde tekib neid<br />

edasi ei lähe tunnid<br />

ärevalt loen minuteid<br />

jääda magama ei julge<br />

nagu mingi terrorist<br />

keegi mööda tuba kulgeb<br />

see on tüütu kärbes vist<br />

2. a heap of rat corpses<br />

t<strong>here</strong> will be more and more<br />

the hours refuse to pass<br />

nervously I count the minutes<br />

I’m afraid to fall asleep<br />

as a kind of terrorist<br />

someone wanders in the room<br />

it probably is the boring fly<br />

Taive Särg

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