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Hur käckt var det då

  • Instrument: Cow horn
  • From: Dalarna, Sweden
  • Type: Horn tune, Folk song
  • Key: C minor
  • Time signature: C
  • Speed: 72 BPM
  • After: Richard Dybeck, «Svenska vallvisor och hornlåtar» (1846), p. 42
  • Notated by: Richard Dybeck
  • Year: 1846
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From Rättvik and Ore in Dalarna. Dybeck writes that the tune was performed «när i vallskog något ledsamt är å färde» — when something sad was afoot in the herding forestThe herding forest — the outfield woodland where the cattle grazed through the summer.. Ritardando towards the end. From «Svenska vallvisor och hornlåtar» (1846).

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Lyrics

Hur käckt var det då,
och hur ledt är det nu-u!

The traditional melodies are public domain. My transcriptions in the archive are licensed under CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution. About licence and sources

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