BELLMAN P� V�RT S�TT LP

Scandinavian historians are divided about Carl Michael Bellman. Some say he was of noble birth looking down from his lofty position and writing about the lower classes. Others say he was born into the very lowest strata of society and was lying in the gutters looking up and writing about the upper classes of society from his vantage point. It is known that Bellman had some college level education, and died broke fleeing his debts. None the less, the fact remains that Bellman's epistles and songs are one of the treasures of Nordic literature. His songs often had dozens of expressive verses rich with images of life, love and mythology. The Hootenanny Singers edited these (often quite lengthy) songs by only singing this verse or that. The lyrics in my list are the Hootenanny Singers' versions. While listening to the LP to check the lyrics for accuracy, I was surprised at just how good the songs were. Bellman's melodies are very tuneful and his lyrics very imaginative.

M�LTIDSS�NG (Fredmans s�ng nr 21)

R�RANDE KORTSPELET P� KLUBBEN (Fredmans epistel nr 42)

ANG�ENDE ULLA WINBLADS LUSTRESA TILL F�RSTA TORPET UTOM KATTRUMPSTULLEN (Fredmans epistel nr 80

TILL LOKATTEN (Fredmans epistel nr 59)

TILL GUMMAN P� THERMOPOLIUM BOREALE OCH HENNES JUNGFRUR (Fredmans epistel nr 9)

AFTONKV�DE (Fredmans s�ng nr 32)

NOTA BENE (Fredmans s�ng nr 56)

TILL FADER BERG R�RANDE FIOLEN (Fredmans epistel nr 2)

TILL EN OCH VAR AV SYSTRARNA,MEN ENKANNERLIGEN TILL ULLA WINBLAD (Fredmans epistel nr 3)

VARUTI AVM�LAS ULLA WINBLADS HEMRESA FR�N HESSINGEN I M�LAREN EN SUMMARMORGON 1769 (Fredmans epistel nr 48)

KLINGAR V�L VID FL�JTTRAVER (Fredmans epistel nr 10)

For complete Bellman texts for all Epistels and S�nger, go to the Bellman arkiv at B Musik. Bellmans Fredmans Epistlar & S�nger arkiv

Carl Michael Bellman