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by Gunnar Ekelöf (1907 - 1968)

Prästkrage, säg lilla bror
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Prästkrage, säg lilla bror 
säg, kommer den, kommer den inte, tiden 
då glädjen blir stor, 
tiden då sorgen blir liten. 
Blåklocka, ring, ring lilla syster, 
spindel spå, spå i ditt nät: 
Göken som ropar i öster, 
göken vet nog en hemlighet.

Daggkåpa torka din kind, 
ärenpris torka ditt öga 
på förklädet östanvind. 
Flyg lilla nyckelpiga, 
flyg till din matmor och fråga: 
Kommer den såsom jag tror, 
tiden då sorgen blir liten, 
tiden då glädjen blir stor?

Text Authorship:

  • by Gunnar Ekelöf (1907 - 1968) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Hilding Hallnäs (1903 - 1984), "Prästkrage, säg lilla bror", 1943 [ voice and piano ], from Två sånger till text av Gunnar Ekelöf, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-09-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 76

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