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The Wonder Boys: "Alströmer Disco"
Music written by David Liljemark & Christian Gustafsson, lyrics by David Liljemark, 2004. From the "J. Alströmer Disco EP" (cdr single, May 2004) and "Die Große Schlagerparade" (full-length cdr album, January 2005, I Wanna Die On Stage Records).
To create your own "radio edit" version, stop at 4:42 (or fade out whenever you feel like it after that).
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ALSTRÖMER DISCO [DL/CG]

How did they get by before?
How did they get by before?

Uh!

Hey, did you know that in Sweden, for many many years, people didn't know about the potato, the glory of the potato, that is, until the 18th century, when it was introduced by a guy named Jonas Alström - better known as Alströmer
Alströmer

yeah-yeah (to-to-doo)
yeah-yeah-yeah (to-to-doo)
yeah-yeah (to-to-doo)
yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah (to-to-doo)

You start to wonder
How did they get by before?

Alströmer!
Thank you for the potato
Alströmer!
for showin' us the goods
(pom-pom-pom)

1723...
1724!

He did a lot of other things, too
He brought merino sheep from Spain
sold clay pipes and tobacco
clay pipes and tobacco
Linné was so impressed!
He got angora goats from Turkey
A self-made man!
He was a self-made man!
but later on, he found himself caught between Hats'n'Caps

Alströmer!
Thank you for the potato
Alströmer!
for showin' us the goods
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
Thank you for the potato
Alströmer!
for showin' us the goods
(pom-pom-pom)

1723...
1724.

And you know, he almost got beat up in Harlem once
In Amsterdam. But that's another story

How did they get by before? (How did they get by before?)
How did they get by before? (How did they get by before?)

He spent years in London
travelled all over Europe
won a battle at sea
in 1714
The years of crop failure
made the potato came to stay,
so the people of Sweden say:

Alströmer!
Thank you for the potato
Alströmer!
for showin' us the goods
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
Thank you for the potato
Alströmer!
for showin' us the goods
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
Thank you, thank you, thank you
Alströmer!
Now, what do you say, what do you say, what do you say?
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
Showed us the way, showed us the way, showed us the way
Alströmer!
A self-made man!
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
caught between Hats'n'Caps, yeah
Alströmer!
merino sheep from Spain
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
clay pipes and tobacco
Alströmer!
angora goats, he got angora goats
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
Linné was so impressed, in Alingsås
Alströmer!
self-made man!
(pom-pom-pom)

"Fåra-herdans hemliga konster, vptäkte samt thet gyllene fåraskinnetz oskattbara wärkan och säkra genwäg til Sweriges rikes och thes inbyggares welferd, kortteligen föresteldt, genom tilökning, til then swenska wårdande fåra-herdans trogna wägwisare, hwar til ock är bifogat något angående potatoes planterande, om hwilket, vti samma tractats bihang, wardt handladt."

Alströmer!
-Alströmer!
Alströmer!
-Alströmer!
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
-Alströmer!
Alströmer!
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
-ao! ao!
Alströmer!

Hey, now, hey... everybody let's twist!

Let's go to London
Let's go to Paris
Let's go to Holland
Let's go back home
Let's go to London
Let's go to Paris
Let's go to Holland
Let's go back home
(If you want me to
I'm coming along with you
If you want me to
I'm coming along with you)
If you want me to
I'm coming along with you
If you want me to
I'm coming along with you

Alströmer!

Alströmer.