Små Grodorna
''Små grodorna'' (Swedish language, Swedish for "The Little Frogs") is a traditional Swedish dance and song traditionally performed at midsummer, where the participants dance around the maypole. The dance involves movements that illustrate body parts that frogs lack, namely "ears" (''öron'') and "tails" (''svansar''). Occasionally, ''Små grodorna'' is also sung at Christmas, but instead of dancing around the maypole, Swedes dance around the Christmas tree. The melody originates from the refrain of a military march from the French Revolution, "''Chanson de l'Oignon, La Chanson de l'Oignon''" ("The Onion Song"), with the text "''Au pas, camarade, au pas camarade / au pas, au pas, au pas!''" ("In step, comrade"). The enemies of the French at the time, the British, changed the text with condescending irony to "''Au pas, grenouilles!''" ("In step, little frogs"). The melody is still in use in a French children's song with the original lyrics "''Au pas camarades''", and is also used ...
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