Any Swedes/Swedish-speakers on DU?

[chookie]

Any idea where I can get the lyrics of Swedish Christmas songs?

I know there is a famous cycle of songs that go together -- very rollicking songs, that I am trying to find the lyrics to.

They begin with one that kinda goes like "Ulli yulli yulli, Ulli yulli yulli", and then theres one that goes "trisk trask filliboomboombomm, filiboomboom boom filliboom bomm boom", and ends up with a very fast ones that sounds like "Andersen und Pedersen".

No -- I am not drunk and haven't even started drinking yet, so stop saying that.

[Fiona]

1. the song is

"Ikea meatball Volvo"

[trotsky]

2. LMAO

I'm a quarter Swede, and that's damn funny.

[chookie]

8. Second verse

"Bjorn skol akavit ABBA Lindstrom"

[BurtWorm]

3. Ulli yulli sounds familiar. It's in the Jul scene in Fanny and Alexander

It wouldn't be Andersen and Pedersen! That much I know for sure. "-Sen" is Danish or Norwegian. "-Son" is Swedish.

[BurtWorm]

5. Maybe this is the song you're thinking of?

http://www.scandinavius.com/sweden/sesongs.html


Nu Är Det Jul Igen

Chorus:
Nu är jul igen
och nu är jul igen,
och julen vara skall till
påska.

1st verse
Så är det påsk igen
och så är det påsk igen
och påsken vara skall till jul'a.

Chorus

2nd verse
Det var inte sant'
och det var inte sant
för däremellan kommer
fasta.


Chorus:
Now it's Yule again,
And now it's Yule again,
And Yule will last until it's Easter:

1st verse
Then 'tis Eastertide,
and then 'tis Eastertide
and Easter lasts until it's Christmas!

Chorus

2nd verse
That's not true of course,
no, that's not true of course,
for in between comes Lent
and fasting.



I can't hear the midi, but here's the link:

http://ingeb.org/spiritua/nuardetj.mid

[chookie]

6. yes yes

You have heard the one I am referring to. It appears in an uncharacteristically light and warm scene in this Bergman film. They're all dancing around the house and the tree.

I think you have identified at least the first song in the cycle. I can pretty much fit the lyrics to the tune i know -- I remember that the line ended with a wonder that sounded like "boska" -- ah hah! -- that would be "paska"!

Thank you!!

[BurtWorm]

7. That's the one.

Love that movie.

[chookie]

9. Kinda sorry I know what the lyrics mean now, though

Not exactly riveting content....

[JVS]

4. God Yul! Don't forget the Lutfisk

But I don't know the language...yet