Garmarna: Guds Spelem

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Garmarna Guds Spelem

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1. Garmarna - Herr Mannelig (06:22)
   This ballad is known in many different versions and with different melodies to the lyrics. A mountain-troll falls in love with the handsome knight Sir Mannelig, and offers him all kinds of gifts if he will marry her. Sir Mannelig refuses since she is not,
2. Garmarna - V
   This is one of our favourite ballads, and it has been recorded several times before. The melody of the tune is rather odd; perhaps it is older than most of the other medieval ballads. The lyrics tell the story of a maiden who marries the King's son, but r
3. Garmarna - Halling Fr
4. Garmarna - Min Man (04:20)
   This song tells what might happen if you go to bed with a man that is not your husband.
5. Garmarna - Varulven (04:33)
   Gotte wrote this tune a long while ago, but we always felt it needed lyrics. One day Stefan came in with the extremely sad and violent but still beautiful lyrics of this ballad, and we were able to join the tune and the lyrics without too many compromises
6. Garmarna - Hilla Lilla (06:19)
   Emma taught us this ballad, which starts off bad and ends in total misery. Hilla Lilla tells the Queen the story of her life, which includes the death of her fiance, the death of her mother and how she herself was sold away. After finishing the story Hill
7. Garmarna - Drew Drusnaar-Idag Som Ig
   This polska (a typical Swedish dance in 3/4) was inspired by Drew Miller, who runs the Omnium label that releases our albums in North America. "Today as before" is a careless short drinkingsong, sung in the dialect of Jamtland, which is the region of Swed
8. Garmarna - Njaalkeme (05:03)
   A poem written in south-saami, one of the languages spoken by the Saami-people in the northern parts of Scandinavia and Russia. It is written by Cecilia Persson, a south-saami actress and friend of ours, and is inspired by an actual event, where leaf-eati
9. Garmarna - Herr Holger (04:38)
   This medieval ballad tells the story of Sir Holger, a tax collector who puts too much in his own pocket. He is punished by King Kristian, who cuts off Sir Holger's head. Holger reappears as a ghoul to warn his wife that she might end up in hell - as he ha
10. Garmarna - Guds Spelem
    This poem is written by the Swedish poet Nils Ferlin. The melody is by Per Alhbom; it was the first non-traditional tune we have recorded that we haven't written ourselves. When Emma sang it for us, we were attracted by the harshness and rawness of the ly