"I was recently at a Swedish dinner party where I was introduced to some Swedish drinking songs. Before every shot the Swedes would break out into a song. This is the only one I remember!

My Swedish is pretty poor:

'Helan gor sjung hop for a la la la la ley
Helan gor sjung hop for a la la la la ley

Och den som inte helan tar han inte helle halven for

Helan gor sjung hop for a la la la la ley'

Weird, but kind of nice! "

(Basically the song is about drinking the whole shot ("helan går") and that those who don't drink up, don't deserve half a shot either ("inte heller halvan får")).


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