''Barnens svenska sångbok'' ("Children's Swedish Song book") is a 1999
Swedish song book
A song book is a book containing lyrics for songs. Song books may be simple composition books or spiral-bound notebooks. Music publishers also produced printed editions for group singing. Such volumes were used in the United States by piano man ...
by
Anders Palm and
Johan Stenström. It follows the 1997 song book ''
Den svenska sångboken
''Den svenska sångboken'' ("The Swedish Song book") is a 1997 Swedish book with 331 songs (in 2003 a new version with 365 songs was published), written by Anders Palm and Johan Stenström. It was followed by the 1999 book '' Barnens svenska s� ...
'' and is followed by the 2009 song book ''Evert Taube – Sångboken''.
The books include songs for children from the 17th and 18th centuries as well as more contemporary works and the songs are meant to be sung at home, at
kindergarten
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cen ...
and/or at school.
Contents
Sånger för småfolk ("Songs For Children (little people)")
*1.''
Det gåtfulla folket'' ("The Puzzling People")
*2.''
Mors lilla Olle'' ("Mother's Little Olle")
*3.''Tula hem och tula vall''
*4.''
Vart ska du gå, min lilla flicka?'' ("Where are you going, my little girl?")
*5.''Tummeliten''
*6.''
Sockerbagaren'' ("The Pastry chef")
*7.''
Blinka lilla stjärna''
*8.''Lilla Ludde''
*9.''
Vem kan segla förutan vind?'' ("
Who Can Sail Without the Wind?")
*10.''Lunka på'' ("Plod on")
*11.''Tycker du om mig'' ("Do You Like Me")
*12.''Alfabetsvisan'' ("The Alphabet Song")
*13.''Herr Gurka'' ("Mr Cucumber")
*14.''
Krakel Spektakel''
*15.''Dinkeli dunkeli doja''
*16.''
Vattenvisan'' ("The Water Song")
*17.''
Hej, sa Petronella'' ("Hi, said Petronella")
*18.''Önskevisa'' ("Wish song")
*19.''Markisen av Carabas'' ("The Marquis of Carabas")
*20.''Annabell Olsson''
*21.''Tom-balalajka''
*22.''Vaggvisa för en liten grön banan'' ("Lullaby For a Little Green Banana")
*23.''
Här kommer Pippi Långstrump'' ("Here comes Pippi Longstocking")
*24.''Mors lilla lathund'' ("Mother's Little Lazybones")
*25.''
Du käre lille Snickerbo'' ("You Dear Little Carpenter House")
*26.''
Fattig bonddräng'' ("Poor Farmworker")
*27.''
Piluttavisan''
*28.''
Luffarvisan'' ("The Hobo Song")
*29.''
Vargsången'' ("The Wolf Song")
*30.''
Falukorvsvisan'' ("The
Falukorv
Falukorv ( , ), or Falu sausage in English, is a type of sausage (''korv'' in Swedish) that originates from Falun, Sweden. It is made from a mixture of smoked pork and beef or veal, blended with potato starch flour, onion, salt, and mild spice ...
Song") (falukorv is a kind of sausage)
*31.''Alla ska sova för nu är det natt'' ("Everyone Should Sleep Because Now It's Night")
*32.''Røvervise'' (by
Thorbjørn Egner
Thorbjørn Egner (12 December 1912 – 24 December 1990) was a Norwegian playwright, songwriter and illustrator known principally for his books, plays and musicals for children. He is principally associated with his narratives for children includ ...
) (Swedish-language version)
*33.''Gubben i lådan'' ("The Jack in the Box")
*34.''Sudda sudda'' ("Erase Erase") (by
Gullan Bornemark)
*35.''
Lillebror'' ("Little Brother") (by
Gullan Bornemark)
*36.''Gunga åt öster'' ("Swing East")
*37.''
Blommig falukorv'' ("Floral Falukorv") (by
Hans Alfredson
Hans Folke "Hasse" Alfredson (28 June 1931 – 10 September 2017) was a Swedish actor, film director, writer, and comedian. Born in Malmö, Sweden, he is known for his collaboration with Tage Danielsson as the duo Hasse & Tage and their produ ...
)
*38.''Galen i glass'' ("Crazy about Ice-cream")
*39.''Det brinner, det brinner'' ("It burns, it burns")
*40.''Jag vill ha munkar'' ("I Want Doughnuts")
*41.''Rimtramsa'' ("Rhyme Silly")
Ã…ret runt ("All Year Round")
*1.''
Ã…rstiderna
Årstiderna (), also known after the opening words ''Om våren, om våren'', is a song written by Alice Tegnér, published in ''Sjung med oss, mamma!, volume 4'' in 1897. Each of the verses represents one of the four seasons, the first taking sprin ...
'' ("The Seasons")
*2.''
MÃ¥naderna'' ("The Months")
*3.''
Vintern rasat ut''
*4.''Ägg'' ("Egg")
*5.''Vår på Saltkråkan'' ("Spring at Saltkråkan")
*6.''Sommarlov'' ("Summer Holiday")
*7.''
Sommarlov, solen lyser skönt'' ("Summer holiday, the Sun Lights Beautifully")
*8.''
Idas sommarvisa
"Idas sommarvisa" or "Du ska inte tro det blir sommar" is a song with a summertime theme. Astrid Lindgren wrote the lyrics and Georg Riedel composed the music. The song's three verses were performed by Lena Wisborg (as Ida) in the 1973 film '' Em ...
'' ("Ida's Summer song")
*9.''
Sommarsången'' ("Summer Song")
*10.''
Här är den sköna sommar'' ("Here's the Beautiful Summer") (by
Evert Taube
Axel Evert Taube (; 12 March 1890 – 31 January 1976) was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th c ...
)
*11.''
Brevet från Lillan'' ("The Letter From Lillan") (by
Evert Taube
Axel Evert Taube (; 12 March 1890 – 31 January 1976) was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th c ...
)
*12.''
Sjösala vals
Sjösala vals ("Waltz of Sjösala") is a Swedish waltz written in 1941 at Rejmyre by Evert Taube. It was recorded by Sven-Olof Sandberg in 1941 as B-side to his single ''Flicka från Backafall''. It was published in '' Sjösalaboken'' in 1942 du ...
'' ("Waltz of Sjösala") (by
Evert Taube
Axel Evert Taube (; 12 March 1890 – 31 January 1976) was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th c ...
)
*13.''Överbyvals'' ("Waltz of Överby")
*14.''
Barfotavisan'' ("Barefoot Song")
*15.''
Jag tror på sommaren'' ("I Believe in the Summer")
*16.''
Ute blåser sommarvind'' ("Outside the Summer Wind's Blowing")
*17.''
Den blomstertid nu kommer
Den blomstertid nu kommer (, and in Finnish Suvivirsi, , or Jo joutui armas aika, ) is a Swedish people, Swedish summertime hymn, traditionally credited to Israel Kolmodin after walking at Hångers källa outside Visby. It was first published in ...
'' ("Now the Time of blossoming Arrives")
*18.''
I denna ljuva sommartid''
*19.''Gubben Höst'' ("The old man Autumn")
*20.''Vem tar hand om hösten'' ("Who Takes Care of the Autumn")
*21.''
Nej se det snöar'' ("No See It Snows")
*22.''
Adventstid'' ("Advent Time")
*23.''
Lusse lelle''
*24.''
Lucia''
*25–27. Saint Lucia-songs
*28.''
Nu vaknen och glädjens''
*29–31.''Saint Stephen-songs''
*32.''Goder afton, goder afton (Julafton)'' ("Good evening, good evening (Christmas Eve)")
*33.''
Jullov'' ("Christmas holiday")
*34.''
Raska fötter springa tripp, tripp, tripp
Raska fötter springa tripp, tripp, tripp or just Raska fötter, is a Christmas music, Christmas song, originally published in ''Julklappen'' in 1901 in music, 1901. The song, originally entitled Liten julvisa, describes a time when on several plac ...
''
*35.''
Julpolska
Julpolska, also known as '' Nu ha vi ljus här i vårt hus'', is a Christmas song with lyrics by Rafael Hertzberg (1845–1896) and music by Johanna Ölander (1827–1909). Song lyrics describe Christmas Eve, dated from a time when the Christm ...
''
*36.''
Kring julgranen'' ("Around the Christmas tree")
*37.''
Tomtarnas julnatt'' ("The
Tomte
A (, ), (), , or () is a household spirit from Nordic folklore which has always been described as a small human-like creature wearing a red cap and gray clothing, doing house and stable chores, and expecting to be rewarded at least once a ye ...
s' Christmas night")
*38.''
Tre pepparkaksgubbar'' ("Three Gingerbread men")
*39.''
Musevisa'' (Swedish-language version)
*40.''
Hej tomtegubbar "Hej tomtegubbar" ("Hey, tomte-men") is a Swedish drinking song, also used as a children's round dance at Christmastime.
Background
The tune was originally published in 1815, without lyrics. Parts of the lyrics exist in an 1833 record. It's also sa ...
'' ("Hi
Tomte
A (, ), (), , or () is a household spirit from Nordic folklore which has always been described as a small human-like creature wearing a red cap and gray clothing, doing house and stable chores, and expecting to be rewarded at least once a ye ...
Men")
*41.''
Ett barn är fött på denna dag'' ("A Child's Born On This Day")
*42.''
Vaggsång till Jesus'' ("Lullaby to Jesus")
*43.''
När det lider mot jul
När is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with Parishes of the Church of Sweden, parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland, with 413 inhabitants in 2014. It comprises the same area as the Registration districts in Sweden, administrativ ...
'' ("When It draws towards Christmas")
*44.''
Stilla natt'' ("Silent Night")
*45.''
Bereden väg för Herran'' ("Prepare a Way For the Lord")
*46.''
Hosianna, Davids son'' ("Hosanna, Son of David")
*47.''
Nu tändas tusen juleljus
"Nu tändas tusen juleljus" is a Christian traditional Swedish language Christmas song, written in 1898 by the Swedish song text writer Emmy Köhler (both text and melody). Translated into English, the title literally means "Now are lit a tho ...
'' ("Now Thousand Christmas lights are Lit")
*48.''
Var hälsad, sköna morgonstund'' ("Hail, Blessed Morning")
*49.''
När juldagsmorgon glimmar'' ("When Christmas day morning Glimmers")
*50.''
Gläns över sjö och strand'' ("Shine over Lake and Beach")
Djur och natur ("Animal and Nature")
*1.''
Blåsippor'' ("Hepaticas")
*2.''Videvisan'' ("Willow Song")
*3.''Ask'' ("
Ash")
*4.''
Blåklint'' ("Cornflower")
*5.''Ek'' ("Oak")
*6.''
Humle'' ("Common hop")
*7.''
Rönn'' ("Sorbus aucuparia")
*8.''
Har du sett herr Kantarell'' ("Have You Seen Mr Chanterelle")
*9.''
Plocka svamp'' ("Picking Mushrooms")
*10.''Alla fåglar kommit ren'' ("All the Birds have already arrived")
*11.''Gåsa, gåsa klinga''
*12.''
Bä, bä, vita lamm'' (Baa, baa, white lamb)
*13.''
Ekorr'n satt i granen'' ("The Squirrel Sat in the Spruce")
*14.''
Lilla snigel'' ("Little Slug")
*15.''Vem krafsade på dörren?'' ("Who Straches on the Door")
*16.''Tänk om jag hade en liten, liten apa'' ("Imagine If I Had a Little, Little Monkey")
*17.''Jonte Myra'' ("Jonte the Ant")
*18.''Balladen om den kaxiga myran'' ("The Ballad About the Cocky Ant")
*19.''Ville Valross'' ("Ville the Walrus")
*20.''Jag är en liten undulat'' ("I'm a Little Budgerigar")
*21.''Klättermusvisan'' ("The Song about the Climbing Mouse")
*22.''Pepparkakebagarns visa'' ("The Song about the Gingerbread Baker")
*23.''Visan om Bamsefars födelsedag''
*24.''
Teddybjörnen Fredriksson'' ("Fredriksson, the Teddy Bear")
*25.''Bamses signaturmelodi'' ("
Bamse
is a Swedish cartoon created by Rune Andréasson. The highly popular children's cartoon first emerged as a series of television short films as well as a weekly half-page Sunday strip in 1966, before being published periodically in its own com ...
's Theme")
*26.''
Okända djur'' ("Unknown Animals")
SÃ¥ng med lek och dans ("Songs With Play and Dance")
*1.''
Björnen sover'' ("The Bear Sleeps")
*2.''Fem fina fåglar'' ("Five Nice Birds")
*3.''Kaninvisan'' ("The Rabbit Song")
*4.''Vipp-på-rumpan-affärn''
*5.''Huvud, axlar, knän och tår'' ("Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes")
*6.''
Imse vimse spindel''
*7.''
Rockspindeln'' ("The Rock Spider")
*8.''En elefant balanserade'' ("An Elephant balanced")
*9.''Klappa händerna'' ("Clap Your Hands")
*10.''
Tomten och haren'' ("The
Tomte
A (, ), (), , or () is a household spirit from Nordic folklore which has always been described as a small human-like creature wearing a red cap and gray clothing, doing house and stable chores, and expecting to be rewarded at least once a ye ...
and The Hare")
*11.''
En kulen natt'' ("A Chilly Night")
*12.''
Tigerjakten'' ("The Tiger Hunt")
*13.''
Bockarna Bruse'' ("
The Billy Goats Gruff")
*14.''Moster Ingeborg'' ("Aunt Ingeborg")
*15.''
Min gamle kompis Kalle Svensson'' ("My Old Friend Kalle Svensson")
*16.''Wodeli Atcha''
*17.''Sabukuaja''
*18.''Jag skakar på händerna'' ("I shake My Hands")
*19.''Fader Abraham'' ("Father Abraham")
*20.''Hånki tånki''
*21.''När vi gick på stan'' ("When We Walked in the Town")
*22.''
Små grodorna'' ("Little Frogs")
*23.''
Tre små gummor'' ("Three Little Old Women")
*24.''Törnrosa'' ("
Sleeping Beauty
"Sleeping Beauty" (, or ''The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood''; , or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess curse, cursed by an evil fairy to suspended animation in fi ...
")
*25.''
Bro bro breja''
*26.''Känner du Lotta, min vän'' ("Do you know Lotta, my friend")
*27.''Så gå vi runt om ett enerissnår'' ("
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
"Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" (also titled "Mulberry Bush" or "This Is the Way") is an English nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7882. It uses the tune which Nancy Dawson danced into fame in ''The ...
")
*28.''
Vi äro musikanter'' ("We Are Musicians")
*29.''Viljen I veta och viljen I förstå'' ("Do You Want to Know and Do You Want to Understand")
*30.''
Flickorna de små'' ("The Little Girls")
*31.''Skära, skära havre'' ("Cutting, cutting corn")
*32.''Vi ska ställa till en roliger dans'' ("We Will Start a Joyful Dance")
*33.''Morsgrisar''
*34.''Och flickan hon går i dansen'' ("And the Girl Goes Dancing")
*35.''Ritsch, ratsch, filibom''
*36.''
Räven raskar över isen'' ("The Fox Hurries over the Ice")
*37.''Sju vackra flickor'' ("Seven Pretty Girls")
*38.''
Karusellen'' ("The Carousel")
Hemma i världen ("Home in the World")
*1.''
Mitt eget land'' ("My Own Country")
*2.''Broder Jakob'' ("
Brother John")
*3.''
Lincolnvisan'' ("
The Lincoln Song")
*4.''I en sal på lasarettet'' ("In a Room at the Hospital")
*5.''
Möte i monsunen'' ("Rendezvous in the Monsoon") (by
Evert Taube
Axel Evert Taube (; 12 March 1890 – 31 January 1976) was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th c ...
)
*6.''Oxdragarsång'' ("Pulling-oxen-song")
*7.''Pepita dansar'' ("Pepita Dances")
*8.''
Änglamark'' ("Angelic Land") (by
Evert Taube
Axel Evert Taube (; 12 March 1890 – 31 January 1976) was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th c ...
)
*9.''
I natt jag drömde
"Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (also known as "The Strangest Dream") is a song written by American folk singer-songwriter Ed McCurdy in 1950. Due to McCurdy's connection with fellow musicians, it was common in repertoires within the fol ...
'' ("
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
"Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (also known as "The Strangest Dream") is a song written by American folk singer-songwriter Ed McCurdy in 1950. Due to McCurdy's connection with fellow musicians, it was common in repertoires within the fol ...
")
*10.''Jag hade en gång en båt'' ("I Once had a Boat")
*11.''Brev från kolonien'' ("Letter from the Summer Camp")
*12.''Turistens klagan'' ("The Tourist's Complaining")
*13.''Hej hå'' ("Hi Ho")
*14.''En tokig sång'' ("A Clumsy Song")
*15.''Bibbidi bobbidi boo''
*16.''Apans sång'' ("
I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)
"I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" is a song from Walt Disney's 1967 film ''The Jungle Book''. The song was written by songwriters Robert and Richard Sherman, and was performed by singer and musician Louis Prima as King Louie, with Phil ...
")
*17.''Alla snubbar vill ju va katt'' ("
Everybody Wants to Be a Cat")
*18.''O-de-lally''
*19.''Du och jag'' ("You and Me")
*20.''Du är min bästa kompis'' ("You're My Best Friend")
*21.''Bangzulusång''
*22.''
Sträck ut din hand'' ("Stretch Out Your Hand")
*23.''David och Goljat''
*24.''Titta vad jag fann'' ("See What I Found")
*25.''
Vi sätter oss i ringen
"Vi sätter oss i ringen" is a well-known Swedish Christian children's hymn
A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a dei ...
'' ("We Sit in the Ring")
*26.''
Tryggare kan ingen vara
"Tryggare kan ingen vara" (English version: "Children of the Heavenly Father") is a Christian hymn with lyrics by Lina Sandell circa 1850, and published in 1855 '' Andeliga daggdroppar'', where the writer was credited as anonymous. It was recorde ...
''
*27.''
Du gamla, du fria
(), is the ''de facto'' national anthem of Sweden. Originally titled (), its lyrics were written in 1844 by Swedish antiquarian Richard Dybeck, who set them to a variation of the old Swedish folk music, folk melody ''Kärestans död'' ()''.''
...
'' (The Swedish National Anthem)
Gladsång och poplåt ("Lucky songs and pop songs")
*1.''
Josefin mä symaskin'' ("Josephine with Sewing machine")
*2.''
Spel-Olles gånglåt''
*3.''Sill i dill'' ("Herring in Dill")
*4.''
I Medelhavet'' ("In the Mediterranean sea")
*5.''
Hemma på vår gård'' ("Home at our Farm")
*6.''Spöket Huckehajen'' ("Huckehajen the Ghost")
*7.''Tidigt varje morgon'' ("Early Every Morning")
*8.''Mellanmål'' ("Snack")
*9.''Klara, färdiga, gå'' ("Ready, Steady, Go")
*10.''Äppelmelodin'' ("The Apple Melody")
*11.''
Vi cyklar runt i världen'' ("We Ride Bicycle Around in the World")
*12.''Yllevisan'' ("The Woolen Song")
*13.''
Macken'' ("The Filling Station")
*14.''En rullande pantarmaskin''
*15.''
Änglahund'' ("Angel Dog")
*16.''
Ooa hela natten''
*17.''
Trettifyran'' ("The 34")
*18.''
Jag vill ha en egen måne'' ("I Want a Moon of My Own")
*19.''
Sol, vind och vatten'' ("Sun, Wind and Water")
*20.''
Främling'' ("Stranger")
*21.''
Sommaren är kort'' ("Summer's Short")
*22.''
Pom pom
A pom-pom – also spelled pom-pon, pompom or pompon – is a decorative ball or tuft of fibrous material.
The term may refer to large tufts used by cheerleaders, or a small, tighter ball attached to the top of a hat, also known as ...
''
*23.''
Kung av sand'' ("King of Sand")
*24.''
Sommartider'' ("Summer Times")
*25.''
GÃ¥ och fiska!'' ("Go Fishing")
*26.''
Banankontakt'' ("Banana Connector")
*27.''Min Piraya Maja'' ("My Piranha Maja")
*28.''
Zvampen'' ("'The Mushroom'")
*29.''Ett rött litet hjärta'' ("A Red Little Heart")
External links
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Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populo ...
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