Sommaren är ljuvlig för oss alla (a seasonal music rec)

[regshoe]

Here's a seasonal song from my faves Folk & rackare—this song is about Valborgsnatt/Walpurgis Night, 30 April, the traditional beginning of spring and—according to this song—an occasion for much celebration, dancing and eating of eggs.

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I love how joyful the whole thing sounds—it makes me feel just like dancing to a fiddle in the long April evening in a forest with the new green of spring all upon it—and the lyrics, which are a funny mixture of spring-related and folk-music-typical stuff. I especially like the image 'skogen den bär gröner hatt' (the forest is wearing a green hat). Here are the lyrics with an English translation, if you would like to see the rest. Anyway, the weather here is very nice today, everything is pleasingly green and the birds are singing; I think that maj är definitivt välkommen här. :)

Comments

[friendofthejabberwock]

Wow, this is really pretty! Thanks for sharing! The weather where I am is quite nicely spring-like as well.

[regshoe]

I'm glad you like the song, and hooray for nice spring-like weather :D

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Also a great night for Vampires!!

[regshoe]

Ooh, that's exciting :D

[luzula]

I love that song too! My parents had all of Folk och Rackare on vinyl.

In my head that song is paired with this one on the same theme, they even both do the fade-in.

[regshoe]

Ooh, I'd not heard that one before—it's very lovely, and yes, they do go together well!

[tei]

This is great, thank you for sharing!

[regshoe]

Glad you like it :D

[garonne]

This is so lovely and joyful. Thanks for the link!

Also, I am fascinated to see that 30 April is considered the beginning of Spring :D In Scottish Gaelic April used to be called Mìos Deireannach an Earraich (last month of Spring) and in modern-day Ireland April 30th is still considered the last day of Spring, not the first. I guess it really depends if you go by meteorology, agriculture, astronomy...

[regshoe]

Glad you like it! Yes, all the variation in measuring the starts and ends of seasons can be a bit confusing. I suppose the length of spring, as measured by weather and wildlife rather than astronomy, is quite different between different places—it stays wintry much longer in Sweden than it does here, for instance!