Tre pepparkaksgubbar

"Sockerbagaren"
song
Published 1913 (1913)
Genre children, Christmas
Writer Astrid Forsell-Gullstrand
Composer Alice Tegnér
Language Swedish

Tre pepparkaksgubbar, also known as Vi komma, vi komma från Pepparkakeland, is a Swedish Christmas song with lyrics by Astrid Forsell-Gullstrand and music by Alice Tegnér. The song was originally published in 1913, both in Bärina Hallonhätta och andra visor and volume 6 of Alice Tegnér's Sjung med oss, Mamma!.[1][2]

The song describes three gingerbread men with eyes out of zante currants, who tell about themselves come walking from Pepparkakeland at Christmastime. During Saint Lucy's processions, the song is sung by boys dressed as gingerbread men.

Publications

Recordings

An early recording was done by a girls' choir in Solna in April 1931, and released in November that year.[3] The song has also been recorded by Ingela "Pling" Forsman, Mona Wessman and Peter Himmelstrand on a 1975 album with "Nu ska vi sjunga" theme.[4]

The song has also been recorded in Spanish by Maria Llerena as "Tres viejos del paiz de los bizchochos" on the 1988 album Chiquitico mio.[5]

References

  1. Astrid Gullstrand, Ellström Brita, Alice Tegnér (1913). Bärina Hallonhätta och andra visor. Norstedt.
  2. Alice Tegnér (1913). Sjung med oss, mamma! 6, 20 små visor (in Swedish). Skoglund.
  3. "Sjung med oss mamma. Del 1" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1931. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  4. "Nu ska vi sjunga. Vol. 2" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1975. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  5. "Chiquitico mio" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1988. Retrieved 19 May 2011.


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