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Dance like a frog and celebrate Swedish midsummer
No, we don’t know why either – but dancing around the beautiful midsummer pole like little frogs is a big thing in Sweden – and everyone does it.
There is no escaping it: when you celebrate Swedish midsummer, you dance around pretending to be a frog. So there. You might as well embrace it and learn the lyrics before celebrating with Swedes because whether at home or in the park, someone is going to have a go and think its a good idea – old as well as young.
Here are the lyrics:
Swedish:
- Små grodorna, små grodorna är lustiga att se.
- Små grodorna, små grodorna är lustiga att se.
- Ej öron, ej öron, ej svansar hava de.
- Ej öron, ej öron, 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.
English translation:
- 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.
Want to read more about Midsummer in Scandinavia? Click here.
