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X:8245 T:Helan C:anon. O:Sweden R:Drinking song Z:Transcribed by Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com F:http://abc.musicaviva.com/tunes/sweden/anon-helan.abc %Posted September 8th 2001 at abcusers by Frank Nordberg 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"HC 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! W: W:En liten f\aagel satt en g\aang och sj\"ong i furuskog, W:han hade sjungit dagen l\aang men dock ei sjungit nog. W: N\aa, vad sj\"ong han d\aa Jo! W:Helan g\aar, sjung hopp fallerallalalala. W:Helan g\aar, sjung hopp fallerallalej! W:Och den, som inte helan tar, han heller inte halvan f\aar. W:Helan g\aar, sjung hopp fallerallalej! W: W: W:This is the first verse of a well-known Scandinavian drinking W:song/drinking game. The idea is that you sing one verse, then drain W:a small glass of some very strong liquor, sing the next verse, W:drain another glass and so on. Everything is of course done in a decent W:and sophisticated way ;-) W: W:The verses of the song are: W: Helan W: Halvan W: Tersen W: Kvarten W: Kvinten W:The names are the traditional Scandinavian names for the first, W:second, third and so on drink. W:This variant of the song cycle is Norwegian, with the verses W:alternating between Norwegian and Swedish (or at least something W:resembling Swedish). W: W:I suppose there should be a sixth verse too, but I have not managed W:to find it. Henrik Norbeck did however come up with Septen (the seventh) W:from a Swedish variant. W: W: W: From Musica Viva - http://www.musicaviva.com W: the Internet center for free sheet music downloads.
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