Traditionella danser

Traditional dances

Smaring grodorna aumlr en saringng med tillhoumlrande dans som i Sverige fraumlmst foumlrknippas

med midsommarfirande och dans kring midsommarstaringng men ibland sjungs

saringngen aumlven paring julen daring det dansas runt julgranen Dansen utfoumlrs hoppandes paring

huk likt grodor naumlr man sjunger orden oumlron och svansar viftar de som dansar

med haumlnderna vid sina oumlron och svanskotor Ibland fortsaumltter man med fler verser

om andra djur men om de har svansar och oumlron ersaumltts ordet ej - Baringdrsquo oumlron

baringdrsquo oumlron och svansar hava de Baringdrsquo avser ordet baringde

The Little Frogs (Smaring grodorna) is a traditional Swedish dance and song traditionally performed at midsummer where the participants dance around the maypole The dance involves move-ments that illustrate body parts that frogs lack namely ears and tails Occasionally Smaring gro-dorna is also sung at Christmas but instead of dancing around the maypole Swedes dance around the Christmas tree

Melodin har sparingrats till en militaumlrmarsch fraringn den franska revolutionen La Chanson de lrsquoOignon med refraumlngen Au pas camarade au pas camarade au pas au pas au pas Det beraumlttas av fransmaumlnnens daringtida fiender britterna med nedsaumlttande ironi aumlndrade texten till Au pas grenouilles (I takt smaring grodor) Melodin foumlrekommer fortfarande i en barnvisa paring franska med originaltexten Au pas camarades Hur den hamnade i Sverige aumlr oklart men texten paring engelska antas ha inspirerat

The melody originates from a military march from the french revolution La Chanson de

lrsquoOignon (The onion song) with the chorus Au pas camarade au pas camarade au

pas au pas au pas (In step comrade) The enemies of the French at the time the

British changed the text with condescending irony to Au pas grenouilles (In step little

frogs) The melody is still in use in a French childrens song with the original lyrics Au pas

camarades and is also used in Military occasions It is still not known how the melody

ended up in Sweden but the Swedish lyrics are clearly inspired by the English version

Melodin har sparingrats till en militaumlrmarsch fraringn den franska revolutionen La Chanson de lrsquoOignon med refraumlngen Au pas camarade au pas camarade au pas au pas au pas Det beraumlttas av fransmaumlnnens daringtida fiender britterna med nedsaumlttande ironi aumlndrade texten till Au pas grenouilles (I takt smaring grodor) Melodin foumlrekommer fortfarande i en barnvisa paring franska med originaltexten Au pas camarades Hur den hamnade i Sverige aumlr oklart men texten paring engelska antas ha inspirerat

The melody originates from a military march from the french revolution La Chanson de

lrsquoOignon (The onion song) with the chorus Au pas camarade au pas camarade au

pas au pas au pas (In step comrade) The enemies of the French at the time the

British changed the text with condescending irony to Au pas grenouilles (In step little

frogs) The melody is still in use in a French childrens song with the original lyrics Au pas

camarades and is also used in Military occasions It is still not known how the melody

ended up in Sweden but the Swedish lyrics are clearly inspired by the English version

The children dancing little frogs around midsummer trains It is one of the traditonella dances that kids and adults dancing in midsummer The children love to dance and everyone can join in and dance because the movements are very simple

Barnen dansar smaring grodorna runt midsommarstaringgen Det aumlr en av de traditionella

danserna som barn och vuxna dansar paring midsommar Barnen tycker om att dansa

och alla kan vara med och dansa eftersom roumlrelserna aumlr vaumlldigt enkla

Smaring grodorna

Smaring grodorna smaring grodorna aumlr lustiga att se

Smaring grodorna smaring grodorna aumlr lustiga att se

Ej oumlron ej oumlron ej svansar hava de

Ej oumlron ej oumlron ej svansar hava de

Kou ack ack ack kou ack ack ack

kou ack ack ack ack kaa

Kou ack ack ack kou ack ack ack

kou ack ack ack ack kaa[

The little frogs

The little frogs the little frogs are funny to observe

The little frogs the little frogs are funny to observe

No ears no ears no tails do they possess

No ears no ears no tails do they possess

Kou ack ack ack kou ack ack ack

kou ack ack ack ack kaa

Kou ack ack ack kou ack ack ack

kou ack ack ack ack kaa

The children practice at Comenius countries traditional dances

The kids thought it was fun and exciting to learn new dances

The children looked at the various dances on the smartboard to

learn the various movements Some movements were a bit

hard so we simplify and shorten some of the dances

Barnen oumlvar paring Comenius laumlndernas traditionella danser Barnen tyckte att det

var baringde roligt och spaumlnnande att laumlra sig nya danser Barnen tittade paring de olika

danserna paring smartboarden foumlr att laumlra sig de olika roumlrelserna En del roumlrelser var

lite svaringra saring vi foumlrenklade och foumlrkorta naringgra av danserna