Movitz! Movitz!

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Movitz! Movitz!
1977 movitz.jpg
Studio album by
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Released1977
Genre Folk music
Protest music
Swedish folk music
Length36:14
Label Universal Records
Cornelis Vreeswijk chronology
Narrgnistor och transkriptioner
(1976)		Movitz! Movitz!
(1977)		 Cornelis sjunger Victor Jara
(1978)

Movitz! Movitz! is a 1977 album by Cornelis Vreeswijk of his interpretations of the Stockholm troubadour, Carl Michael Bellman. [1]

Contents

Track list

Songs and lyrics from Fredman's Epistles and Fredman's Songs by Carl Michael Bellman.

  1. Epistel no. 52 – Movitz, mitt hjärta blöder! [2] – 3:16
  2. Epistel no. 56 – Nota bene [3] – 1:12
  3. Epistel no. 65 – Movitz med flor om armen [4] – 4:55
  4. Epistel no. 28 – Tre remmare [5] – 2:55
  5. Epistel no. 2 – Nå, skruva fiolen [6] – 2:18
  6. Epistel no. 81 – Märk hur vår skugga [7] – 4:37
  7. Epistel no. 80 – Liksom en herdinna [8] – 3:38
  8. Epistel no. 35 – Bröderna fara väl vilse ibland [9] – 3:03
  9. Epistel no. 17 – Bacchi kalender [10] – 0:50
  10. Song no. 18 – Frossan [11] – 2:43
  11. Epistel no. 34 – Ack, för en usel koja! [12] – 2:55
  12. Epistel no. 30 – Drick ur ditt glas [13] – 6:32

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References

  1. ↑ Album info on www.cornelis.se Archived 2005-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Epistel no. 52 – Movitz, mitt hjärta blöder!
  3. ↑ Epistel no. 56 – Nota bene
  4. ↑ Epistel no. 65 – Movitz med flor om armen
  5. ↑ Epistel no. 28 – Tre remmare
  6. ↑ Epistel no. 2 – Nå, skruva fiolen
  7. ↑ Epistel no. 81 – Märk hur vår skugga
  8. ↑ Epistel no. 80 – Liksom en herdinna
  9. ↑ Epistel no. 35 – Bröderna fara väl vilse
  10. ↑ Epistel no. 17 – Bacchi kalender
  11. ↑ Song no. 18 – Frossan
  12. ↑ Epistel no. 34 – Ack, för en usel koja!
  13. ↑ Epistel no. 30 – Drick ur ditt glas
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