Articles about 'Swedish'
March 23rd, 2013
Bonnie wrote asking for help with a Swedish lullaby. Here’s her email:
Hello! I just discovered your lovely site when looking for more words to a Swedish lullaby my father (85) tried to remember all his adult life. We only have this little bit:
Ro, ro sharen
Placka biben baren
Do you know any more? We would love to...
June 27th, 2012
Elizabeth wrote asking for help with a Swedish song. Here’s her note:
My Swedish mother would sing a Swedish song to me as she bounced me on her knee. In Swedish it started out, "Mormor’s lilla lassa".
Her English translation was: “Once there was a little boy and he wanted to go for a ride, but he...
April 10th, 2012
Florence wrote asking for help finding a childhood story. Here’s her letter:
Hello Lisa,
My Grandpa was Swedish and when I was growing up he and my Dad would tell us a story about Uncle Bobby and his two monkeys; Jim & Jockle (sp?). They were naughty little monkeys. That’s about all I can recall. I’ve have...
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April 1st, 2012
Rhiannon Daymond-King sent me a counting-out rhyme called “Zinty Tinty” with this note:
“I was taught a counting rhyme by my father, who said it came from his mother. Her mother was Swedish, so he thought it was in Swedish (or possibly Norwegian given that the part of the country she was from used to be...
February 17th, 2012
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December 28th, 2011
Kendall Bergstrom wrote to me asking for help with a Swedish Christmas song about Santa having a cold. Here’s what he wrote:
Hello,
Do you have the song about Santa and his cold during Christmas time? My father used to sing it every Christmas eve, and it ended with Santa sneezing saying, "Achee Achee Achee pruuzee!"… Or...
December 12th, 2011
Santa Lucia’s Day is celebrated on December 13th in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. It commemorates the life of Santa Lucia, who is also known as Saint Lucy. It’s the beginning of the Christmas season in those countries and is a celebration of light – at the time of year when the world is darker. ...
December 4th, 2011
Dejah Leger (a singer) sent us this recording of a Swedish Lullaby. Here’s what Dejah wrote about it: "…the Swedish Lullaby, which is actually a Swedish tune sung to ‘nonsense’ syllables. I can’t find the name of the tune right now, but I could with a little digging...
November 29th, 2011
Here are some requests for help we got about some Swedish songs and rhymes. Sometimes the Swedish parts are given phonetically…
1. Maria Nyckelpiga
Mama Lisa, I’m looking for the lyrics of a song my Mama used to sing. It starts: “Maria Nyckelpiga sat å grät på et logg. inte kan jag, inte kan jag nånsin...
July 22nd, 2011
Lindsey wrote asking for help with a Swedish song called "The Herdsman Song":
I saw your website and thought you might be able to help me. I am a teacher writing lesson plans for an old novel entitled, "They Came From Sweden: Sod House Winter." It is by Clara Ingram Judson. It is about a Swedish...
July 2nd, 2011
Here’s the score to a Swedish song and dance. We don’t have the original Swedish lyrics. We do have an English translation, instructions for the dance and 2 midi tunes. Does anyone know the original Swedish version? If so, please share them with us in the comments below.
Midi of the Swedish Children’s Song
Midi 2 of...
May 24th, 2011
What are the names for ladybugs in your language?
Ladybugs belong to the Coccinellidae family, from a Latin word meaning "scarlet". But they also have many other names: in English, they’ve been called ladybug, ladybird, lady beetle, lady clock, lady cow and lady fly.
The name ladybird was originally "Our Lady’s bird" in England. This name...
March 30th, 2011
Here’s a lovely Swedish poem about a moonlit summer night. It was written by Finnish poet Edith Södergran (1892 – 1923).
You can listen to the recording below and follow along with the original poem in Swedish. The you’ll find a loose English translation after the poem.
MP3 of Nocturne as read by Johan Borg
Nocturne...
December 18th, 2010
Mary asked me for help with a Swedish song. Here’s what she wrote:
I lived in Sweden as an exchange student, many years ago. I have a small music box from then that I now want to give to my granddaughter. The music it plays is a Swedish children’s song, something like:
Titta, kom...
June 17th, 2010
My Traditional Swedish FolkSongs is a site featuring scores and midis for many Swedish folk songs. If you’re looking for tunes and sheet music to go to traditional Swedish songs, check it out.
We also have some traditional Swedish songs with English, French and Spanish translations on Mama Lisa’s World.
Enjoy!
Mama Lisa
May 17th, 2010
Rida, Rida Ranka is a rhyme and song known to many in Scandinavia and to the families of Scandinavian immigrants in the US. Lance N. Peterson wrote to me of its significance to his family. (I added links below to the versions of Rida, rida ranka he talks about.)
Dear Lisa:
Words are what we...
March 30th, 2010
Betylu wrote:
My grandma used to take a baby’s foot in her hand and start pulling the toes gently, started with the big toe and said some thing like this: Teedle, Todle mockeflua, spellarusa. and then pull the pinky a little bit and say in a jovial way- TUPIN! I was wondering how to correctly...
September 14th, 2009
Joyce Johnson wrote:
Does anyone know the Swedish children’s song that goes something like this? (Translation from dictionary is…)
JAG er litten nu , så du se min vän , utom snart I’ll bli så stor så mama.
I believe translates into “I am little now, as you see my friend, but soon I’ll be as...
July 24th, 2009
Wendy wrote:
I can remember my grandfather holding me on his lap an singing the following: (some in phonetics)
Spin, spin, spin, min dotter min
E meran kommer free and fran
dotter spun och tor en run
aldrigt kommer (free and fran?)
Does anyone remember the correct wording? My daughter, whom I sang this to when she was little, now...
May 26th, 2009
Lori wrote:
Dear Mama Lisa,
I am so excited to find this website because I have been searching for many years to find out about two Danish or Swedish nursery rhymes (you can listen to them by clicking the link). My mother’s beloved grandfather, Lars Christensen, used to bounce her on his knee and recite these...
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