Värm mer Öl och Bröd
Song by the 18th century Swedish bard Carl Michael Bellman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Värm mer Öl och Bröd (Warm more Beer and Bread) is epistle No. 43 in the Swedish poet and performer Carl Michael Bellman's 1790 song collection, Fredman's Epistles. The epistle, dated 14 November 1771, is subtitled "Till Ulla Winblad, skrifven vid et ömt tilfälle" ("To Ulla Winblad, written at a sensitive occasion"). The source of the melody has not been traced.
"Värm mer Öl och Bröd" | |
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Art song | |
English | Warm more Beer and Bread |
Written | 14 November 1771 |
Text | poem by Carl Michael Bellman |
Language | Swedish |
Dedication | Ulla Winblad |
Published | 1790 in Fredman's Epistles |
Scoring | voice and cittern |
The song details the preparations for Ulla Winblad's childbirth. It ends with the famous[1] and ambiguous line "Masken dold i blomman bådar blommans död" ("The worm hidden in the flower bodes the flower's death"). The epistle is unusual, too, in being quiet and delicate rather than full of noisy humour. It has been described as among the most radical and innovative of Bellman's songs.