Kring_julgranen

Kring julgranen

Kring julgranen

Song

Kring julgranen, also known as Nu så är det jul igen, jultomten myser, is a Christmas song written by Alice Tegnér, and originally published in 1899 in volume 5 of Sjung med oss, mamma!.

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References to Christmas and Santa Claus have led to Christmas associations of a song describing seasons changing in a Nordic agricultural society.

The song, which has three verses, describes nature and seasonal change in a Nordic agricultural society, but the song lyrics of the first and second verse have led to the song being associated with Christmas. Even the final verse refers to Christmas.

Publications

  • Sjung med oss, mamma! (volume 5), 1899
  • Nu ska vi sjunga, 1943, under the lines "Julsånger".

Recordings

An early recording was done by Margareta Schönström-Modéen in Stockholm in May 1926, and on the record "Rida ranka" in November that year.[1] The song was also recorded by Glenmarks on the 1974 album Jul a la carte.[2] and by Anita Lindblom on the 1975 Christmas album Jul med tradition.[3] and by Peter Himmelstrand, also 1975, on a "Nu ska vi sjunga"-themed album.[4]

The song has also been recorded in Spanish by Maria Llerena as "Ya es Navidad" on the 1988 album Chiquitico mio.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Rida ranka" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1926. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Jul a la carte" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1975. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Jul med tradition" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1975. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Nu ska vi sjunga. vol. 2" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1975. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  5. [5]
    "Chiquitico mio" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1988. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
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