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To honour Stig Anderson’s 50th birthday in 1981, ABBA recorded this tribute song for him called “Hovas Vittne“.
More info on ABBAonTV:
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Lyrics in English from ABBAonTV:
Hova’s Witness
(a name-play with “Jehovah’s Witness“ - the religious sect. Hova is the small town in Sweden where Stig was born, situated in the western province of Västergötland).
From Hova came
There a country bumpkin with a good beat dragged and struggled and scampered
And so later on,
on major and minor (key)
He became richer than a troll
Now his days are filled with heavy decisions
Lukas (Stig’s dog) must go out
The driveway must be salted (the way to Stig’s house “Villa Ek backen“ was quite high and to make it possible to walk on it during winter, it needed to be salted)
The sausage shall boil (Stig’s favourite dish!)
Lukas must go out
The witness of Hova
The voice of “Knallarna“ (nickname for the country salesman from Västergötland)
The voice of Västergötland on earth
A singer’s heart beats in your chest
The pen is glowing
The words fly up (this line is taken from a Swedish poem)
Quick heels are still beating (ie. you’re still very young)
You are like a jehu (ie. A fast-moving object)
Hova’s Witness never gives in
Hovas Witness
Full speed ahead, the flap to the top (Stig got a flagpole as a birthday present!)
At a party of yours
When you’re sitting and feeling the best
You hear something buzzing
Your vacuum cleaner protest (when Stig thought a party was too loud or messy or gone on too long, he would start to tidy the place up and hoover!)
From your Parnassus (homeland of the goddess of song)
You take the plane First Class
Djurgården - Honolulu (Djurgården is the Stockholm island where Stig lived)
And if you get there
As planned
Your luggage is in Rome and Gudrun (Stig’s wife) in Amsterdam!
We and you are straw and clay (ie. we stick together)
Full speed backwards
Hova’s witness no matter what happens
“Sticket“ Stikkan (a “stick“ is same melody but half a tone higher)
It has a right to be there this time
Even though you think the song is getting too long (Stig thought that a song should never be longer than 4 minutes if it was going to be a hit)
Sticket Stikkan
We have written in the belief
You’ll be pleased if we raise
Half a tone (another thing Stig thought was necessary for a hit record).
Hooray!
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