Hootenanny Singers Lincolnvisan & This land is your land

[psykos448]

Saffran i stövlarna?



[johenasia]

Den här sjöng ju Paradisoskar på. =)

[Commodorianen]

It's pretty interesting that we in Sweden still sing a contemporary funny song from 1865 about how Abraham Lincoln was murdered. I guess that in the USA they don't have any songs about the murder of Abraham Lincoln.

[svengogar]

@Commodorianen Might have to do with the fact that news was spread through songs that travelled the land. Not the only world event to be "popularised" in this way. Fact isn't all that important in this tradition. And the song isn't supposed to be "funny" at all. It is simplified news to a popular tune.

[Mirdamor]

@Commodorianen well... they doesn't have songs about their presidents being murdered but so doesn't we either(Olof Palme). ;)

[Commodorianen]

@Mirdamor well ... we actually have a song about Olof Palme being murdered, For some reason I don't seem to be allowed to link to videos here but if you search at Youtube or Google videos for "Olof Palme gick på bio" you will find it. It contains lyrics like "Skottet brann, blodet rann, Olof Palme han försvann". Earlier this year, Sverigedemokraterna, including their party leader Jimmie Åkesson, sang that song at a party they had. There was a lot written and said in Swedish media about that.

[missbeauty58]

Takk for den festlige sangen, den var morsom.

ha en vidundelig aften:)

Klem

Carina *

[TheDeWee]

Vill du ladda upp filen nånstans? vill gärna ha den :)

[zaaritha]

BRA!

[DoktorMarx]

Tjolahopp tjang tjong faleladala, tjolahopp tjang tjong fallirej. där små änglar de vifta med händerna, så förinnerligt roligt de har." Och så dog den beskedlige konungen och är salig, jag tänker, just nu. Men fan anamma den boven, som sköt den kungen mitt itu! Tjolahopp tjang tjong faleladala, tjolahopp tjang tjong fallirej. Men fan anamma den boven, som sköt den kungen mitt itu!

[DoktorMarx]

Och så la de kungen på en soffa och strök balsam uti hans hår. Och kungen han tog sej åt huvet och sa: Aj, aj så illa jag mår. Tjolahopp tjang tjong faleladala, tjolahopp tjang tjong fallirej. Och kungen han tog sej åt huvet och sa: Aj, aj så illa jag mår. "Å adjö" sa den beskedlige konungen "nu till himmelens glädje jag far, där små änglar de vifta med händerna, så förinnerligt roligt de har."

[DoktorMarx]

Han gick ut för att se kommedianterna för det roade Hans Majestät Men inte kunde han väl tänka, att han skulle bli skjuten just för det. Tjolahopp tjang tjong faleladala, tjolahopp tjang tjong fallirej. Men inte kunde han väl tänka, att han skulle bli skjuten just för det. Men då kom det en bov genom dörren, usch, så hiskeligt vådlig han såg ut! Och i näven så bar han ett geväder, som var laddat med kulor och med krut.

[DoktorMarx]

FEL TEXT.

Den rätta texten går så här:

Har ni hört den förskräckliga händelsen,

den är sann ty den hända just nu,

när kungen av Nordliga Amerika

blev skjuten, ja skjuten mitt itu.

Tjolahopp tjang tjong faleladala,

tjolahopp tjang tjong fallirej.

när kungen av Nordliga Amerika

blev skjuten, ja skjuten mitt itu.

[famste]

Underbar musik, 5 stjärnor ¤¤¤¤¤.Du har möjligen inte mårten gås med hootenanny singers. Om du har den, snälla, lägg ut den då. Har leta i flera år efter den, men utan resultat. Tack :)

[Hoppsan15]

Fan vilken skön låt!!! värsta allsången borde den inte finnas i allsångshäftet till tisdagskvällarna på skansen:D tjolahoppsan tjong;)

[FredericAnd]

And a rifle he was holding tightly in his hand —

With powder and bullets it was packed.

Then he shot the king directly in the skull,

So his head, it fell right off his neck.

And the blood made stains upon the theater walls,

And the butler murmured, "What the heck?!"

So he died, this great kind-hearted emperor,

And is happy now, I think — don't you?

May the devil take away that murderer

Who shot the emperor in two.

[KarlDan]

Thanks so much. Mycket tack.

[FredericAnd]

He went out to see the actors in a play,

For he enjoyed that quite a lot.

And he absolutely never did imagine that

For that very reason he'd be shot.

Well, he sat there in the theater and he watched

As they played the latest comedy.

He was dressed up in the very latest stylish clothes;

His Morocco leather boots a sight to see.

Then there came a terrible man through the door,

Oh, he was so horrible, in fact.

[FredericAnd]

In 1992 Jerry Silverman wrote English lyrics for the Mel Bay Immigrant Songbook.

LINCOLN SONG

Have you heard the very latest bit of news?

And I tell you ev'ry word is true,

How the mighty king of all of North America

Was shot, yes, he was shot right in two. Chola hop, chang chong, faderallan ley, Chola hop, chang chong faderey. How the mighty king of all of North America Was shot, yes, he was shot right in two.

[KarlDan]

The fans speak! Thanks for the comments!

[bbabesofsweden]

Fantastiskt! Den här låten är vi uppvuxna med. Har många minnen tll denna låt.

[Wittekin0]

I have no difficulty with the swedish accent: in fact, i do understand their english better than songs of native English people. (i'm dutch speaking)

[abbafanglosuk]

Let's not be harsh on them. The Swedish accents give these records charm, just as in many later Abba songs.