- Year of composition: Year of composition uncertain
- Work category: Mixed choir a cappella
- Text author: A munks' verse from the Middle Ages (according to the printed music)
- Duration: Approx. 1-5 min
Solo voices/choir
S.A.T.B.
Examples of printed editions
Svenska Skolkvartetten. 100 fyrstämmiga sånger, 1:sta samlingen, [Svenska Skolkvartetten. 100 four-part songs, Volume 1] Abr. Lundquist, Musikförlag (Ed. no. is missing) [1952]
Description of work
Spryly and merrily D minor alla breve
Work comment
This song also exists in a setting for male choir a cappella (T.T.B.B.). See separate post for that version.
According to Hirsch's edition of the version for male choir a cappella, the song is about the battle of Lena (now Kungslena) in Västergötland (a province in Sweden), in 1208. The original text, which has been somewhat altered by the composer, means approx. "This is what happened at Lena: two Danes on the run got beaten on their behinds by the Swedes".
Libretto/text
Så contigit in Lenom,
duo Danske lupo för enom [sic]