Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
Napoleon murphy brock (saxophone, vocals)
George duke (keyboards, vocals)
Ruth underwood (percussion)
Tom fowler (bass)
Chester thompson (drums)
We have now a special request
Bouilliabai, bouilliabai, bouilliabai...
Stroganoff, bouilliabai
Here we go...
No, you'd better leave the lights on, on stage
'cause we have to read this music,
We've never played it before
Aavan meren tuolla puolen jossakin on maa,
MissŠ onnen kaukorantaan laine liplattaa.
MissŠ kukat kauneimmat luo aina loistettaan,
SiellŠ huolet huomisen voi jŠŠdŠ unholaan.
Oi jospa kerran sinne satumaahan kŠydŠ vois,
Niin sieltŠ koskaan lŠhtisi en linnun lailla pois.
Vaan siivetšnnŠ en voi lentŠŠ vanki olen maan,
Vain aatoksin mi kauas entŠŠ sinne kŠydŠ saan.
LennŠ laulu sinne missŠ siintŠŠ satumaa,
Sinne missŠ oma armain mua odottaa.
LennŠ laulu sinne lailla linnun liitŠvŠn.
Kerro ettŠ aatoksissain on vain yksin hŠn.
Oi jospa kerran...
Translation of the first two finnish verses:
There's a land beyond the vast sea
Where waves wash on the shores of happiness
Where beautiful flowers always blossom
Where worries of tomorrow can be forgotten
Oh if once I could go to that fairytale land
Never would I leave from there like a bird
But without wings I cannot fly, I'm a prisoner of ground
Only in thoughts that reach so far can I ever there be