The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #10179 Message #3801942
Posted By: GUEST,silver
25-Jul-16 - 06:21 AM
Thread Name: ADD: I am a Fine Musician/Ich bin ein Musikante
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I am a Fine Musician - German song?
Gosh, I have know this song almost all my life, and always believed it was Swedish! From the very province where I live, to boot!
Vi äro musikanter allt ifrån Skaraborg (twice),
Vi kan spela fio-lio-lio-lej,
vi kan spela basfiol och flöjt.
Och vi kan dansa bomfaderalla, bomfaderalla, bomfaderalla,
vi kan dansa bomfaderalla, bomfaderallan-lej.
(Popular for dancing around the Midsummer pole, among other things.)