Broder Jakob

Children's Song

(Swedish)

Broder Jakob,
Broder Jakob,
Sover du?
Sover du?
Hör du inte klockan?
Hör du inte klockan?
Ding ding dong!
Ding ding dong!

Brother Jacob

Children's Song

(English)

Brother Jacob,
Brother Jacob
Are you sleeping?
Are you sleeping?
Don't you hear the bell?
Don't you hear the bell?
Ding ding dong!
Ding ding dong!

Broder Jakob

Brother Jacob

Children's Song

(Swedish)

(English)

Broder Jakob,
Broder Jakob,
Sover du?
Sover du?
Hör du inte klockan?
Hör du inte klockan?
Ding ding dong!
Ding ding dong!

Brother Jacob,
Brother Jacob
Are you sleeping?
Are you sleeping?
Don't you hear the bell?
Don't you hear the bell?
Ding ding dong!
Ding ding dong!

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Many thanks to Susan Pomerantz for playing the tune on the piano.

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Thanks and Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Marie Lilienström for contributing this song.

Image cropped from "People outside Jokkmokk old church in Lapland", built in 1753. To the right is the bell tower. Lithograph, from the later part of the 19th century. Artist unknown.

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