poem
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1868
Events
January–March
* January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries.
* January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...
Anthem of Europe
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, sung to the same tune as
Beethoven's 9th symphony
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. The lyrics teach
geography
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,
astronomy
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and the four
Northern Hemisphere
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temperate
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seasons
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. Nowadays, often just the closing verse is sung, named ''Månaderna'', ''Januari börjar året'', ''Månadsvisa'' or ''Visan om året''.
In the 1977 children's song book '' Smått å gott'', the lyrics ''rika härliga framgå'' have been replaced by ''Härlig sommar är det då''.
Publication
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Nu ska vi sjunga
''Nu ska vi sjunga'' is a songbook published in 1943Smått å Gott, 1977 (as "Månaderna", credited as an "old rhyme", with "music out of Beethoven's 9th symphony")
* Barnvisor och sånglekar till enkelt komp, 1984, credited as music out of Beethovens 9th symphony) as well as using "
Oh My Darling, Clementine
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Members of the Western Writers of Americ ...
" as an alternate tune, splitting the first verse up into two verses, opening the second with "Juli.."
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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 – Sångb ...
, 1999, under the lines "Sånger för småfolk".
References
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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 – Sångb ...