Oleanna (song) (original) (raw)
"Oleanna" (or "Oleana") is a Norwegian folk song that was translated into English and popularized by former Weavers member Pete Seeger. The song is a critique of Ole Bull's vision of a perfect society in America. Oleanna was actually the name of one of Ole Bull's settlements in the New Norway colony of Pennsylvania. His society failed, and all of the immigrants moved away since the dense forest made it hard to settle there. The lyrics concern the singer's desire to leave Norway and escape to Oleanna, a land where "wheat and corn just plant themselves, then grow a good four feet a day while on your bed you rest yourself."
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| dbo:abstract | "Oleanna" (or "Oleana") is a Norwegian folk song that was translated into English and popularized by former Weavers member Pete Seeger. The song is a critique of Ole Bull's vision of a perfect society in America. Oleanna was actually the name of one of Ole Bull's settlements in the New Norway colony of Pennsylvania. His society failed, and all of the immigrants moved away since the dense forest made it hard to settle there. The lyrics concern the singer's desire to leave Norway and escape to Oleanna, a land where "wheat and corn just plant themselves, then grow a good four feet a day while on your bed you rest yourself." The lyrics for Oleanna were written by Ditmar Meidell, a Norwegian magazine editor who set his words to the melody "Rio Janeiro". The song was first published on March 5, 1853, in Krydseren (The Cruiser), a satirical magazine which Meidell had founded. (en) Oleanna (Oleana in norvegese) è una celebre canzone norvegese. Il testo originale della canzone Oleanna, in norvegese, viene composto nel 1853 da , un editore di giornali norvegese, sulle note di una melodia preesistente chiamata "Rio Janeiro". È una canzone di critica nei confronti del violinista e compositore norvegese Ole Bull, che vedeva nella società americana un mondo perfetto, e aveva formato delle comunità in Pennsylvania all'interno di una colonia chiamata New Norway (Nuova Norvegia). Una di queste colonie, ironicamente descritta nella canzone, si chiamava per l'appunto Oleanna. Il testo in inglese viene composto in seguito dal cantante folk americano Pete Seeger. (it) |
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| rdfs:comment | "Oleanna" (or "Oleana") is a Norwegian folk song that was translated into English and popularized by former Weavers member Pete Seeger. The song is a critique of Ole Bull's vision of a perfect society in America. Oleanna was actually the name of one of Ole Bull's settlements in the New Norway colony of Pennsylvania. His society failed, and all of the immigrants moved away since the dense forest made it hard to settle there. The lyrics concern the singer's desire to leave Norway and escape to Oleanna, a land where "wheat and corn just plant themselves, then grow a good four feet a day while on your bed you rest yourself." (en) Oleanna (Oleana in norvegese) è una celebre canzone norvegese. Il testo originale della canzone Oleanna, in norvegese, viene composto nel 1853 da , un editore di giornali norvegese, sulle note di una melodia preesistente chiamata "Rio Janeiro". È una canzone di critica nei confronti del violinista e compositore norvegese Ole Bull, che vedeva nella società americana un mondo perfetto, e aveva formato delle comunità in Pennsylvania all'interno di una colonia chiamata New Norway (Nuova Norvegia). Una di queste colonie, ironicamente descritta nella canzone, si chiamava per l'appunto Oleanna. (it) |
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