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    This document is a transcription of a Swedish folksong titled 'When I Was Seventeen' with English translation. The song describes a young person reflecting on when they were seventeen years old and carefree, and how they are now sometimes sad and sometimes happy as they have grown older.

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    This document is a transcription of a Swedish folksong titled 'When I Was Seventeen' with English translation. The song describes a young person reflecting on when they were seventeen years old and carefree, and how they are now sometimes sad and sometimes happy as they have grown older.

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    This document is a transcription of a Swedish folksong titled 'When I Was Seventeen' with English translation. The song describes a young person reflecting on when they were seventeen years old and carefree, and how they are now sometimes sad and sometimes happy as they have grown older.

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    When I Was Seventeen. Folk Song

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    This document is a transcription of a Swedish folksong titled 'When I Was Seventeen' with English translation. The song describes a young person reflecting on when they were seventeen years old and carefree, and how they are now sometimes sad and sometimes happy as they have grown older.

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    134

    WHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN


    H. Lilljebjom
    English version by Marion Bromley Newton Swedish Folksong
    .,,.--.
    Andantino, non troppo lento
    VOICE

    1. Four-teen years had seem'd just to


    2. Then one day be- came sev- en -
    3. Yes, the days as they were have gone
    1. FJor - ~on if' tror jag r,isst aff jag
    2. Ser - rii - Ire ftar jag blef sjut - tcm
    3. Ja, nu iir ti.ii' ej ~ f ' SOffl ti.a'

    PIANO

    he, Lit - tie maid- en so hap- PY and so free; er


    teen, Bright the sun, cuck-oos sang, and it was spring; was
    by, Some-times tear- ful and some-times glad am I. Some-times
    Li - ten flic - la, sa0
    i
    'r
    11a;
    0
    ar, So - len slen, go - len
    0
    mun - ter och si
    gol, och da tia'
    gla;
    tiit;
    ing -
    ~llt ·"
    11a'
    tia~ Stun - ti.om iir jag sa sor - gsen, stun-dam gla~ Stun - ti.om

    heard from a sweet-heart of mine, And nev-er thought of a lov- er so fine.


    fair, earth so green, heav-en blue, Yet there was some-thing I miss'd all too true.
    white is my cheek, some-times red;
    fri - • - re 1t,iw - tle jag
    0
    a,
    slont, jor - tle" gron him- len bla,
    ..,
    I care not wheth- er I'm liv- ing
    .l iflg- en 1t,el - ler j a.g tiittl- te
    Me" Zil- Hl fol - tes mig ni- got
    .,"" - ,a.,a.
    or dead.

    - tlo.
    iir jag si bit, stun-dam ro, ,l, jag r,ill Ja,r,ar - len lef- 11a el - ler

    Printed in the USA by G. Schirmer, Inc.


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