Here's Leïla's story
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That took place way over there
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In the desert of Nordic snows
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Was abandoned by her parents
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Taken in by Jampo the Lapp
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She grew up right beside him
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Taken in by Jampo the Lapp
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She grew up right beside him
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And I want her in my arms
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In a very, very cold setting
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Who slips into the woods
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That girl with delicate charm
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In the snow-frozen mountains
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He taught her the Lapp life
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The prettiest girl in the region
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It was Leïla's sixteenth birthday
He introduced a handsome Lapp to her
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But she didn't want him
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Feeling too young for life
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And I want her in my arms
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In a very, very cold setting
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Who slips into the woods
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That girl with delicate charm
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I, Magdalena, want to say hi to my mom and my dad
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And to my grandma in Skåne and the whole clan and all the buddies
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She paddled downstream in her canoe
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All the rapids in the country
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Not caring about all the dangers
She becomes a liberated Lapp
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Not caring about the gossip
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She becomes the queen of all the Lapps
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Became the legend of a very cold land
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And I want her in my arms
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In a very, very cold setting
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Who slips into the woods
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That girl with delicate charm
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That girl with delicate charm