Sjörövar-Fabbe

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"Sjörövar-Fabbe" (English: Pirate grandpa Fabian) is a Swedish

crossover version with the melody of Dio's "Holy Diver" by the Swedish metal band Black Ingvars. Other Swedish versions are by Plura Jonsson in 1999,[2] by Siw and Tove Malmkvist in 2003[3] and by Johanna Grüssner and Mika Pohjola who performed a jazz version of this song in 2006. A Norwegian version with lyrics by Marit Trulsrud is by Anita Hegerland and Frank Cook from 1970. There is also a German version called "Seeräuber-Opa Fabian" with lyrics by Helmut Harun. It was first performed by actress Eva Mattes in 1970 and covered in 2012 by German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut for the compilation album Giraffenaffen
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References

  1. ^ "Här kommer Pippi Långstrump" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1975. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Barn på nytt" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1999. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Guldkorn" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 2003. Retrieved 19 May 2011.