Kom Till Mig Pa Lordag Kvall, A (Come to Me on Saturday Night)

DESCRIPTION: Swedish hauling song. Chorus: "Viktoria, Viktoria! Kirre-verre-vipp-bom! Hurra sa!" Printed verses have rhymes about drinking, Hugill says there were 18 verses he couldn't print.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1935 (Sternvall, _Sang under Segel_)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage shanty worksong
FOUND IN: Sweden
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Hugill-ShantiesFromTheSevenSeas, pp. 427-428, "A Kom Till Mig Pa Lordag Kvall " (2 texts, Swedish & English, 1 tune)
Hugill-SongsOfTheSea, p. 93, "A Kom Till Mig Pa Lordaag Kvall" (2 texts, Swedish & English, 1 tune)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
cf. "Halarvisa" (similar chorus)
NOTES [74 words]: Hugill-ShantiesFromTheSevenSeas says the unprintable verses of this shanty are identical to a Chinese song which refers to the "18 points of feeling." They are quoted in Sang under Segel. - SL
(The text in Hugill-SongsOfTheSea gives the title as "A Kom Till Mig Pa Lordaag Kvall," but the printed text is "A Kom Till Mig Pa Lordag Kvall" (the difference being in the word "Lorda(a)g." The spelling with one a is apparently the correct one. - RBW
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