Nu är det jul igen
This is a Christmas song that's often sung while holding hands and dancing in a circle around the Christmas tree.
Nu är det jul igen
Now It's Christmas Again
Christmas Carol
Christmas Carol
(Swedish)
(English)
Nu är det jul igen
Och nu är det jul igen
Och julen varar väl till påska
Nu är det jul igen
Och nu är det jul igen
Och julen varar väl till påska.
Men det var inte sant
Och det var inte sant
För däremellan kommer fasta
Och det var inte sant
Och det var inte sant
För däremellan kommer fasta.
Now it's Christmas again
And now it's Christmas again
And Christmas lasts well till Easter,
Now it's Christmas again
And now it's Christmas again
And Christmas lasts well till Easter.
But that was not true
And that was not true
Because in the middle there is Lent,
But that was not true
And that was not true
Because in the middle there is Lent.
Notes
Here's a translation to make the song more fun in English. It's not as literal. It can be found in the book, "Swedish Song-plays: Used at the New York Normal School of Physical Education" (1908) by Jakob Bolin.
Now it is Christmastime
And now it is Christmastime,
And Christmastime will last till Easter.
Then we'll have Eastertime
And then we'll have Eastertime
And Eastertime will last till Christmas.
Then 'twill be Christmastime,
And then 'twill be Christmastime,
And Christmastime will last till Easter.
But this cannot be true
For you see between the two
We have the time that we call Lenten.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Thanks to Elizabeth Aronson for sending us the lyrics and translation for this song.
