BÛTER, BREA & FETTE BLUES – ©BlueSunday / 2020 – 2021

Non-rhyming English translation

Especially for all foreign family & friends of Broer & Sjoukje!



Every week, time & time again, they get on the road together

Every time tasts like more, another gig is always welcome

Stayin’ at home is really hard; butter, (rye-)bread & green cheese

Keep Sjoukje & Broer out of the nursing home


Broer & Sjoukje, Broer & Sjoukje, who doesn’t know them yet

Broer & Sjoukje, Broer & Sjoukje, always in need of dancin’


Even if they’re completely grey, they’re really not washed out

For those two no green cheese, best give ’em a lot of fat blues

Then their bodies start itching all over; butter, (rye-)bread & green cheese

Keep Sjoukje & Broer out of the nursing home


Broer & Sjoukje, Broer & Sjoukje, who doesn’t know them yet

Broer & Sjoukje, Broer & Sjoukje, always in need of dancing


Sjoukje’s knee was trouble for a while; with a walking stick she got through the day

Broer’s hip was also not very good, but with a new one, he dances along again

Sjoukje’s trouble luckily passed; butter, (rye-)bread & green cheese

Keep Sjoukje & Broer out of the nursing home


The going-out costume of the evening, is a T-shirt of the band

Then their feet get off the ground, and they dance until the last moment

– This couple is oh so cool –

– They don’t give in to whining –

– Seven crosses, plenty of energy –

– They’re always full of fire –

– They keep on dancing, their blood bubbles –

– Butter, (rye-)bread & green cheese –

Keep Sjoukje & Broer out of the nursing home


Broer & Sjoukje, Broer & Sjoukje, who doesn’t know them yet

Broer & Sjoukje, Broer & Sjoukje, always in need of dancing


But now the sweat lies on their faces, cold creeps through their bodies

Very weird rumblin’ in their bellies, and their bodies seem to stiffen

The crowned virus does ’em no good; everything has come to a standstill

Now, Sjoukje & Broer are suffering from a severe case of blues-anemia


Broer & Sjoukje, Broer & Sjoukje, who doesn’t know them yet

Broer & Sjoukje, Broer & Sjoukje, always in need of dancin’