The widower Bernhard and his good friend, Poul Otto, live their lives together playing and singing around on farms.
After the death of his wife, the farm musician Bernhard's two children have lived with his sister in America. Now she sends them back, so that Bernhard and his colleague Poul are busy upgrading their home. However, the social authorities are not happy about the situation. But then Bernhard gets a bright idea.—Nordiskfilm