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"Julbocken", with the opening lines ''"En jul när mor var liten"'', is a
Christmas song Christmas music comprises a variety of Music genre, genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas and holiday season, Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or in the case of Christmas ...
written by Alice Tegnér. The lyrics describe a time when the ''Julbocken'' (
Yule goat The Yule goat is a Scandinavian and Northern European Yule and Christmas symbol and tradition. Its origin is from Germanic paganism and has existed in many variants during Scandinavian history. Modern representations of the Yule goat are typica ...
or Christmas goat) was still a more popular
Christmas gift-bringer A number of Midwinter or Christmas traditions in European folklore involve gift-bringers. Mostly involving the figure of a bearded old man, the traditions have mutually influenced one another, and have adopted aspects from Christian hagiography, ...
in
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than the ''
Jultomten A (, ), (), , or () is a household spirit from Nordic folklore which has always been described as a small human-like creature wearing a red cap and gray clothing, doing house and stable chores, and expecting to be rewarded at least once a ye ...
'' (Christmas elves or gnomes) or
Santa Claus Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Chris ...
. The lyrics describe the goat giving presents, a doll for "Mother" when she was a child, who was frightened when the goat jumped; and for her brother, a drum and a trumpet. When the goat is old, he returns to "Mother", who now has children of her own.


Publications

* Sjung med oss, Mamma! 6, 1913


Recordings

A recording was done by
Alice Babs Hildur Alice Nilson (26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014), known by her stage name Alice Babs, was a Swedish singer. She worked in a wide number of genres – Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera. While she was best known internationall ...
in
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in November
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. Another recording was done by pupils from
Stockholms musikgymnasium Kungsholmens gymnasium is an upper secondary school () located on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. The school is divided into a Swedish language, Swedish Section, an English-speaking International Section, and a Music Section which u ...
and Stockholms musikklasser on the
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album '' God morgon, mitt herrskap''. The song was also recorded by
Anita Lindblom Anita Eleonora Lindblom (14 December 1937 – 6 September 2020) was a Swedish actress and singer. She appeared in thirteen films between 1957 and 1974. Lindblom also recorded music. Her single ''Sånt är livet'' (a cover of Roy Hamilton's '' Yo ...
on her
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Christmas album '' Jul med tradition''.


References

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