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Lyr Req: Sweden from the left to the right

20 Aug 21 - 06:58 AM (#4117180)
Subject: Lyr Req: Sweden from the left to the right
From: Old Grey Wolf

Does anyone know of a song about Sweden changing from driving on the left to driving on the right in the 1960s?


20 Aug 21 - 07:34 AM (#4117183)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sweden from the left to the right
From: Dave the Gnome

I remember a bit of a song about someone changing from left to right. The bit I recall, to the tune of 'Whiskey in the jar' was

"We went round the island and we went round the island
Then we went round the island and we went round the island"

Island as in traffic roundabout


20 Aug 21 - 07:49 AM (#4117188)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sweden from the left to the right
From: Dave the Gnome

Just to clarify, I mean the first couple of lines of the tune


20 Aug 21 - 08:37 AM (#4117192)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sweden from the left to the right
From: GUEST,#

https://graham64.wordpress.com/2019/05/16/september-3-1967-sweden-switches-from-the-left-to-the-right/

Not in English, but it is a song about the change in 1967. About half-way down the page that opens.