Raska fötter springa tripp, tripp, tripp or just Raska fötter, is a
Christmas song
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols or songs, may employ lyrics whose subject ma ...
1901
Events
January
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. The song, originally entitled Liten julvisa, describes a time when on several places in
Sweden
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, the Christmas goat was still the Christmas giftbringer, and not
Santa Claus
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Emmy Köhler
Emmy Köhler, born 22 May 1858 in Stockholm, Sweden, died 2 February 1925 in Fresta, Sweden was a Swedish hymnwriter and writer. Among of her more famous works is the Christmas carol ''Nu tändas tusen juleljus'' and the music for the children' ...
(1858–1925) wrote music.
The song lyrics describe Christmas celebrations in a family from the first Christmas presents are wrapped until the Christmas tree is taken out. The song remained in popularity throughout the 20th century, and is often sung when dancing around the
Christmas tree
A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas. The custom was further developed in early modern ...
. Despite Santa Claus replacing the Christmas Goat, the lyrics describe Swedish Christmas celebrations as most Swedes know it throughout the 20th century, with the family gathered around the Christmas tree, and Christmas presents.
Publication
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Nu ska vi sjunga
''Nu ska vi sjunga'' is a songbook published in 1943Julens önskesångbok, 1997, as "Raska fötter springa tripp, tripp, tripp", under the lines "Traditionella julsånger"
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Barnens svenska sångbok
''Barnens svenska sångbok'' ("Children's Swedish Song book") is a 1999 Swedish song book by Anders Palm and Johan Stenström. It follows the 1997 song book ''Den svenska sångboken'' and is followed by the 2009 song book ''Evert Taube – Sång ...
, 1999, as "Raska fötter springa tripp, tripp, tripp (Liten julvisa)", under the lines "Året runt".
Recordings
An early recording was done by
Alice Skoglund
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* Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname
Literature
* Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll
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in February
1928
Events January
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, and the record was released in October that year. The song was also recorded by the Glenmark Family on the
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...