Name: Vi ska ställa till en roliger Dans (We are going to put on a fun dance) – Swedish folksong (arr. by Susie Bishop)
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Description: Vi ska ställa till en roliger dans is a round dance, a dance-singing game, which was considered suitable for boys and girls to get acquainted under ‘morally proper’ conditions. The song was first documented in Södermanland, a county south of Stockholm, in 1823-35. It is a part of an older living tradition and is particularly used for dancing around the Midsummer pole. (Tommie Andersson)

Vi ska ställa till en roliger Dans (We are going to put on a fun dance) – Swedish folksong (arr. by Susie Bishop)

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Beautifully designed by Lyndall Gerlach, the CD includes a 16 page colour booklet featuring paintings by the Swedish-Australian artist, Nils Gunnar Zander, who is a friend of band leader, Jenny Eriksson, along with original photos of Scandinavia. Zander has spent 25 years moving between Stockholm and Australia painting the Australian outback.

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Vi ska ställa till en roliger dans is a round dance, a dance-singing game, which was considered suitable for boys and girls to get acquainted under ‘morally proper’ conditions. The song was first documented in Södermanland, a county south of Stockholm, in 1823-35. It is a part of an older living tradition and is particularly used for dancing around the Midsummer pole. (Tommie Andersson)

lyrics

Vi ska ställa till en roliger dans

Vi ska ställa till en roliger dans,
och vi ska binda både krona och krans
till dansen.
Vi ska ställa till en roliger dans,
och vi ska binda både krona och krans
till dansen.

Hej hopp - en roliger dans!
Hej hopp - båd' krona och krans
till dansen.
Hej hopp - en roliger dans!
Hej hopp - båd' krona och krans
till dansen.

Vacker är du, när du dansar och ler,
och vacker, när du på din käresta ser,
du lilla!
Vacker är du, när du dansar och ler,
och vacker, när du på din käresta ser,
du lilla!

Hej hopp - du dansar och ler!
Hej hopp - på kärestan ser,
du lilla!
Hej hopp - du dansar och ler!
Hej hopp - på kärestan ser,
du lilla!

We are going to put on a fun dance
Translation by Tommie Andersson

We are going to put on a fun dance,
and we will tie both crown and wreath for the dance.

We are going to put on a fun dance,
and we will tie both crown and wreath for the dance.

Heigh-ho - a fun dance!
Heigh-ho - both crown and wreath for the dance.

Heigh-ho - a fun dance!
Heigh-ho - both crown and wreath for the dance.

You are beautiful, when you dance and smile,
and beautiful when you look at your sweetheart,
Oh little one!

You are beautiful, when you dance and smile,
and beautiful when you look at your sweetheart,
Oh little one!

Heigh-ho - you dance and smile!
Heigh-ho - look at your sweetheart,
Oh little one!
Heigh-ho - you dance and smile!
Heigh-ho - look at your sweetheart,
Oh little one!

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from Fika, released July 10, 2020

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Elysian Fields Sydney, Australia

Elysian Fields is one of the world's rare electric viola da gamba bands. The sextet was founded by gambist, Jenny Eriksson along Matt Keegan, sax, and Matt McMahon, piano. We largely play original music and arrangements written by group members.

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