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Old 05-01-2018, 07:10 AM   #806 (permalink)
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^ Loved the songs, especially the first one. "Music:Prince Gustaf" That is some pedigree for a song!

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Here , most people just go to the bonfires, sing a few songs to welcome the spring, then go home. I think the most dramatic thing that has happened is when someone kicked a football into the fire one year..... It is actually a fun tradition and you get tuesday off for May 1, so most people are pretty drunk when they get to this part . And then of course, tomorrow is the day when everyone just says what you want to say poltics wise so you have to be pretty drunk to deal with that .
^ This all sounds about as innocent as the Bonfire Night we have in England on Nov 5, although we do it without singing, in our disspirited English way.

...but here's a piece of music from one of our musically inclined royals:-

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