Var är ettan?

Var är ettan?
Har ni sett 'an?
Går så snett, 'an
faller, fuller och yr i hättan.

Pulsen slår än,
vad den förmår men
låt oss sätta ettan,
sjunga gutår!

Nu vi samfällt sjunga: Här är ettan!

Har ni sett 'an?
Vore attan
om vi ej fick fatt 'an

så att vi kan samfällt sjunga:

Här är ettan!
Har ni sett 'an?
Går så snett,
så fuller faller han lätt!


Music. Traditional tune in the tradition of Erkgärds Mats, Grimsåker, Malung
Lyrics and arrangement: Anders Nyberg


A polska gone crazy. The different parts start in the wrong places. A conductor's nightmare. The counting does not add up. Until it does.
Great as a showpiece illustrated by movement/dancing. Let the different parts exaggerate their movements, putting down their feet heavily on the downbeat in an attempt to persuade the other parts that their take on it is the correct one. And maybe all overseen by a disheartened conductor who does not get his choir where he wants it. Until it all falls – stumbles – in place on the words, "nu vi samfällt sjunga - här är ettan – now we sing together - here's the downbeat" only to fall apart again...
The idea originated from a recording session where the singers and the fiddlers had a different notion of where the downbeat was. The choreography that ensued inspired the writing of this piece.

The piece can also be sung totally without words as a dance-polska, ("trall"): Tokpolskan