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Elsa Nilsson Quartet - Hej Tomtegubbar Slå I Glasen

from Dark Is Light Is by Elsa Nilsson

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Hej Tomtegubbar Slå I Glasen is typically played in a jaunty manner. The lyrics are about the Tomte gubbe, a small gnome that in Swedish folklore are sort of a year around santa. They are only really talked about around christmas though. In this song they are drinking and being merry (slå i glasen means hit the glasses together), but the lyrics are all about how we are only here for a fleeting while and that it is a lot of pain and hassle. I find these lyrics to be full of angst about the impermanence of our existence, and I wanted to bring out the feelings underneath rather than the visual of the happy drinking gnome Santas.

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from Dark Is Light Is, released December 13, 2020
Elsa Nilsson - Flutes and arrangement
Jeff McLaughlin - Guitar
Alex Minier - Bass
Cody Rahn - Drums

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