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Sweden is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast,
the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on the east. Sweden
has a low population density except in its metropolitan areas, with most of the inland consisting of forests and mountainous
wilderness.
Swedish folk song is dominated by ballads and kulning; the latter was originally used as a cow-herding call and is traditionally
sung by women, including modern virtuoso Lena Willemark. Ballad stories descend from skillingtryck printed songs from the
19th century. Sweden shares the tradition of Nordic folk dance music with its neighbouring countries, which include including
polka, schottis, waltz, polska and mazurka. The accordion, clarinet, fiddle and nyckelharpa are among the most common Swedish
folk instruments. This instrumental genre is the biggest one in Swedish traditional music. In the 1960s, Swedish youth sparked
a roots revival in Swedish folk culture. Many joined spelmanslag (folk musicians' clubs) and performed on mainstream radio
and TV. They focused on instrumental polska music, with vocals and influences from other traditional genres becoming more
prominent since the 1990s.
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Hambo
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Spel opp, ni spelemän, en hambo
För mig och min brud.
Vi har tillsammans bara denna natt,
för i morgon bitti sâ är vi skilda.
Pâ livets ocean vi möttes,
och kärlekens bud
det är att finna lyckans ögonblick
denna korta natt som vi fâtt bli stilla.
Tryck dig intill mig tätt,
min lilla hjärtevän,
om du hâller av mig.
Lât mig fâ njuta
fullt av den stulna lycka
som stunden gav mig.
Genom din tunna blus
förnimms varenda slag av
ditt unga hjärta.
Som slâr i takt med mitt,
rört av samma oro
och samma smärta.
Skall du minnas när jag farit
än en vecka vad som varit?
Kyssarna du fâtt och att i natt det är
mig du hâller kär,
mig som du är när.
Öka spelmän öka takten.
Snart sâ randas morgonvakten
dâ är ruset över dâ är febern slut.
Sâ, öka spelmän öka takten.
Play, you musicians, a hambo
for me and my bride.
We have together this night only,
for tomorrow we will be separated.
We met on the ocean of life,
and the law of love
is to find the happiness of the moment
this brief night of rest.
Come close to me
my little darling,
if you are fond of me.
Let me enjoy
fully the stolen happiness
which this moment brings.
Through your thin blouse
every beat of your
young heart is felt.
It beats in unison with mine,
moved by the same worry
and the same pain.
Will you remember when I'm gone
still another week what has been?
The kisses you have gotten and tonight it is
me whom you love,
me whom you are near.
Musicians, step up the tempo.
Soon the morning will glow,
then the intoxication is over and the fever ended.
So, musicians, step up the beat!
Långdans Från Sollerön
Schottische
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Tantoli
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We ought to dance with rapture that we might be alive... and part of the living, incarnate cosmos.
~D.H. Lawrence
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