Flickorna i Småland

[3] According to the Swedish Tourist Association's 1968 yearbook, Karl Williams got his inspiration to the song a sunday, mid-year through 1912, on his way from Hamneda to a party in Torpa.

While repairing his flat bicycle tire he got to see three beautiful girls around some nearby heather hills.

One of the earliest versions is by Eric Engström, who made an acoustic recording, without microphone, at Hotel Continental in Stockholm on November 15, 1919.

When the American vocal group The Delta Rhythm Boys toured around Sweden they picked up the song, which they first recorded in 1951.

The hosts Lena Philipsson and Charlotte Perrelli sung it during the live-broadcast Melodifestivalen 2003 in Jönköping as an intermission act.