Henrik Norbeck wrote:
>
> Frank Nordberg wrote:
> > I come across this beautiful Finnish tune in an old violin school.
> > Does anybody happen to know the name (and perhaps the lyrics)?
>
> I know this one by the title "Fj�rran han dr�jer".
Thanks Henrik :-)
> Tell me then if you want the lyrics.
Well, I managed to locate the drinking song lyrics, but I suppose that's
not the original ones.
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Which reminds me.
I suppose nobody at abcusers ever tastes anything with alcohol in it.
But if you do, and would like to try it the old Scandinavian way...
Here's a suite of songs celebrating the "dram" (a rather small glass of
very strong liquor). "Fj�rran han dr�jer" is no. 3.
This is a Southern Norwegian version with lyrics in a curious, but very
appropriate mixture of various Norwegian and Swedish dialects. The
titles of the tunes are the names of the first, second, third, fourth
and fifth dram respectively. The sixth dram would be named "seksten".
There are no reports of a song to seksten, but that doesn't mean it
doesn't exist, of course. After all, reports tend to get a bit
unreliable after the fifth straight drink.
Performing this suite is quite simple. You fill your glasses, sing the
first verse, empty your glasses, fill your glasses, sing the second
verse etc.
Have fun!
Frank
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X:1
T:Helan
C:anon.
O:Sweden?
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=124
K:C
z/ E/|"C"E>D C>A,|"C"A,>G, C>C|"G7"C>B, D>^D|"C"E2 z>E|
w:En li-ten f\aa-gel satt en g\aang och sj\"ong i fu-ru-skog, han
"A7"E>E F>E|"Dm"A>D D>C|"G7"C>B, A,>B,|"C"C z3/2||
w:ha-de sjung-it da-gen l\aang men dock ei sjung-it nog.
"G7"HG,HG, HA,H^A,HB,2 z HG4||
w:N\aa, vad sj\"ong han d\aa? Jo!
"C"E2G2|"C"C2 z>E|"G7"DD/D/ DD|"C"E>C C2|
w:He-lan g\aar, sjung hopp fal-le-ral-la-la-la-la.
"C"E2G2|"C"C2 z>E|"G7"DD/D/ DD|"C"C2 z>C|
w:He-lan g\aar, sjung hopp fal-le-ral-la-lej! Och
"G7"D>D D>D|"C"E>C C>C|"G7"D>D D>D|"C"E>C C2|
w:den, som in-te he-lan tar, han hel-ler in-te hal-van f\aar.
"C"E2 G2|"C"Hc3 c|"G7"BB/B/ BB|"C"c3 z|]
w:He-lan g\aar, sjung hopp fal-le-ral-la-lej! Och
X:2
T:Halvan
C:anon.
O:Norway?
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
K:G
"G"DG G>A|"D7"GF F2|"D7"EE E>F|"G"ED D2|
w:La os syn-ge nok en-gang full av glad og fryd-full trang,
"G"DB B>c|"C"BA c2|"D7"AG FD|"D7"EF "G"G2|]
w:sig-ne hver en dram vi f\aar, he-lan gikk og hal-van g\aar.
X:3
T:Tersen
C:anon.
O:Finland
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=84
K:Am
"Am"E2 EE c2 BA|"Dm7"A2 "G7"AG "C"E2 C2|\
"Dm7"D2 DD "G7"G2 AG|"G7"D2 FF "C"E2 C2|
w:Fj\"ar-ran han dr\"o-jer fr\aan t\"ors-ti-ga stru-par,\
re'n ha vi ta-git tv\aa mo-di-ga su-par.
"Am"E2 EE c2 B2|"F"A2 "G7"AG "C"GE (CE)|\
"F"ED CD "Am"E4|"E7"ED B,C "Am"A,2 z2|]
w:Ack, li-la ter-sen, ack lil-la hj\"ar-te-v\"an,_ kom-mer du ej snart?\
Jo, jag kom-mer bums!
X:4
T:Kvarten
C:anon.
O:Norway
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=80
K:Gm
z>D "D7"^F>G|"D7"A2 c>B "Eb"G>G|"Bb"F2 D>D "D7"C>A,|
w: \AA! kvar-ten, kvar-ten min ei-gen on-ge, n\aar skal du
"Gm"B,2 B,>B, "Cm"C>C|"D7"D2 D z/D/ "D7"^F>G|\
"D7"A2 c>B "Gm"G>G|"Bb"F2 z>D "D7"C>A,|
w:les-ke min t\or-re tun-ge? For he-lan, hal-van og ter-sen rett nu ven-ter
"Gm"B,2 B,>B, "Cm"C>C|"D7"D3 D C>A,|"Gm"B,2 "Cm"C>C "D"D>^F|"Gm"G2|]
w:blot p\aa \aa bli kvar-tett, nu ven-ter blot p\aa \aa bli kvar-tett.
X:5
T:Kvinten
O:Sweden?
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=132
K:D
zA,|"D"D2 FA, D2 FD|"A7"E2 E>E E2 zF|
w:Vi drop-par-na in-te f\"or-sm\aar, fal-le-ra. Och
"A7"G2 G>G (AG) FE|"D"F2 D>D D2 zD|"G"G>G GG BG GG|
w:nu \"ar det qvin--ten som g\aar, fal-le-ra.\
Ja, opp och hop-pa gub-bar. Vi har
"D"F>D DF AA FD|"A7"A,2 CE A2 GE|"D"D2 D>D D2|]
w:ta-git fy-ra nub-bar, men se nu \"ar det qvin-ten som g\aar, fal-le-ra!
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