Hootenanny Singers Lincolnvisan & This land is your land

The Hootenanny Singers live with Lars "Frosse" Frosterud. Considering the lovely Swedish songs the boys were performing at this time, like "Körsbär utan kärnor", it is a shame that they wasted their talents "caterwauling" in English on this song. The boys did not speak English good at this time, and even in future recordings their English songs leave much to be desired. Notice the boys "Gabrielle" shirts that they are wearing. Enjoy these two seldom heard songs by the boys.

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• Hootenanny
• Singers
• Björn
• ABBA

[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.

[KarlDan]

The fans speak! Thanks for the comments!

[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.

[missbeauty58]

Takk for den festlige sangen, den var morsom.

ha en vidundelig aften:)

Klem

Carina *

[psykos448]

Saffran i stövlarna?

[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.

[Mirdamor]

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

[johenasia]

Den här sjöng ju Paradisoskar på. =)

[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.

[TheDeWee]

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

[zaaritha]

BRA!