Sjung med!

While staying at Kyli's for a couple of days, I managed to record a singalong album of well known Swedish songs. All except one are in the 1944 edition of Sjung Svenska Folk! They're a mixture, both seasonally and functionally: a carol, a lullaby, a sentimental love song, a folk song, dance songs, children's songs, walking songs... Most Swedes would still recognize most of these tunes.

Hopefully we'll have some fun with this at Christmas and beyond. Anyway you can listen to my handiwork here....

michaelpeverett · Sjung med!

1. I sommarens soliga dagar (In the sunny days of summer). Words: G. E. Johansson, to an old marching tune. (Sjung Svenska Folk  no. 104.)

2. Videvisan (Willow song). Words: Z. Topelius. Music: Alice Tegnér 1864 - 1943. (Sjung Svenska Folk no. 52.)

3. Fjäriln vingad syns på Haga (Wingèd butterfly in Haga). Words and music: C. M. Bellman 1740 - 1795. (Sjung Svenska Folk no. 63.) My post about it: https://michaelpeverett.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-butterfly-in-haga.html .

4. Nu tändas tusen juleljus (Now a thousand Christmas candles are lit). Words and music: Emmy Köhler 1858 - 1925. (Sjung Svenska Folk no. 135.)

5. Den första gång . . . (The first time . . .). Words and music: Birger Sjöberg 1885 - 1924. (Sjung Svenska Folk no. 73.)

6. Uti vår hage (Out in our paddock). Traditional folk song from Gotland. (Sjung Svenska Folk no. 89.)

7. Vi ska ställa te' en roliger dans (We are gonna do a joyful dance). Traditional. (Sjung Svenska Folk no. 99.)

8. Nu så är det jul igen (Now that it's Christmas again). Words and music: Alice Tegnér 1864 - 1943. (Sjung Svenska Folk no. 137.)

9. Vi gå över daggstänkta berg (We walk over dew-sprinkled hills). Words: Olof Thunman. Music: Traditional / Edwin Ericsson. (Sjung Svenska Folk no. 105.) My post about it: https://michaelpeverett.blogspot.com/2023/12/on-magic-lands.html .

10. Tre små gummor (Three little old ladies). Words: The first verse of a 1909 poem by Anna Maria Roos. Music: Later attached to a traditional melody.

11. Å jänta å ja (My baby 'n' me). Words: F. A. Dahlgren. Music: Traditional Värmland polska. (Sjung Svenska Folk no. 100.) My post about it: https://michaelpeverett.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-janta-ja-my-baby-n-me.html .