Sjömansjul på Hawaii

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A-side "Sjömansjul på Hawaii" Format gramophone record		Released November 1945 Genre schlager

B-side "Good Bye, Good Bye, mitt blå Hawaii" Recorded Stockholm, Sweden, 20 September 1945

Sjömansjul på Hawaii, also known as "Jag en ensam sjöman är" or "Det är julkväll på Hawaii", is a Christmas song, with lyrics by Helge Roundquist (signature "Miguel Torres") and music by Yngve Stoor. The lyrics describe a Swedish sailor visiting Hawaii at Christmastime, and longs back home to Sweden when the sailors celebrate Christmas on board their boat, moored to a wharf while the Sunshine.

The song was recorded by Yngve Stoor and became one of the most popular Swedish songs of 1945, despite being seasonal.

Other recordings

Sven-Ingvars (1965)

Trio Me' Bumba (1973)

Lalla Hansson (1979)

Hasse Andersson (1986)

Lars Vegas trio (1992)

Christer Sjögren (1994)

Gösta Linderholm & the Trad Brothers (1994, failed Svensktoppen on 14 December 2002 )

Black-Ingvars (1995)

References

Sjömansjul på Hawaii Wikipedia

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