I learnt this tune many years ago, but it suddenly popped up again when I was sitting at home playing some tunes a few days ago. Its a sweet little polska from the fiddler Per Westberg's (1886-1975) handwritten music manuscripts. Per's son Arvid Westberg (1918-2013) let me copy his father's tune collection and I often used to play pieces from Per's repertoire when I when went to Arvid's house. If I remember correctly this particular tune, which can be found in many version around Sweden, was dated 1911. When I was little we used to sing one version in school while dancing around the Christmas tree; "Morsgrisar är vi allihopa, allihopa, allihopa...."
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