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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Skön Anna
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Skön Anna hon går sig åt sjöastrand, 
hon skådar sig om så vida; 
till henne så kom det en fager unger man, 
han talade till henne så blida. 

"God dag, lilla Anna, så fager och fin, 
en bön jag nu må begära; 
om du ville följa av landet med mig, 
och bliva min hjärinnerli' kära." 

Inte jag det vill och inte jag det kan, 
ej heller må ni sådant begära; 
ty här är så mången riddareson, 
som mig haver bjudit sin ära." 

"Och bjude er sin ära vem som bjuda vill, 
med mig så skolen i nu följa,. 
ja, följa mig bort i främmande land, 
den rödaste gullkronan att bära."

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [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 Hugo Alfvén (1872 - 1960), "Skön Anna", Rudén no. 64 (1908) [ mixed chorus a cappella ], arrangement [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Leif Møller

This text was added to the website: 2012-06-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 110

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