Lillebror is a

children's song A children's song may be a nursery rhyme set to music, a song that children invent and share among themselves or a modern creation intended for entertainment, use in the home or education. Although children's songs have been recorded and studie ...

with lyrics and music by

Gullan Bornemark Elin Gunhild "Gullan" Bornemark (; born 28 November 1927) is a Swedish musician, lyricist, composer and, between 1951 and 2007, music teacher. Bornemark was born in Härnösand, Sweden. She wrote song lyrics, usually using already famous tunes, f ...

, published in '' Hallå, hallå'' in 1964. Compared to the original version, the lyrics have been changed a little bit later. The inspiration to the lyrics came from the Gullan's daughter's Eva's baby brother Sven, who thought he could do anything.

Publication

* Hallå, hallå, 1964 *

Barnens svenska sångbok ''Barnens svenska sångbok'' ("Children's Swedish Song book") is a 1999 Swedish song book by Anders Palm and Johan Stenström. It follows the 1997 song book ''Den svenska sångboken'' and is followed by the 2009 song book ''Evert Taube – Sån ...

, 1999, under the lines "Sånger för småfolk".

Recordings

Together with Malmö snurrorkester Gullan Bornemark recorded the song at the "Gumman i lådan" single together with her children Eva and

Sven Sven is a Scandinavian masculine first name. In Old Norse the meaning was "young man" or "servant" and the original Old Norse spelling was ''sveinn''. Variants such as '' Svend'' are found in Danish and Norwegian. Another variant, '' Svein'' ...

References

(1999) 1964 songs Songs in Swedish Swedish children's songs {{1960s-song-stub