Julbocken (song)

"Julbocken", with the opening lines "En jul när mor var liten",[b] is a Christmas song written by Alice Tegnér.

The lyrics describe a time when the Julbocken (Yule goat or Christmas goat) was still a more popular Christmas gift-bringer in Sweden than the Jultomten (Christmas elves or gnomes)[c] or Santa Claus.

The lyrics describe the goat giving presents, a doll for "Mother" when she was a child, who was frightened when the goat jumped; and for her brother, a drum and a trumpet.

A recording was done by Alice Babs in Stockholm in November 1963.

[3] The song was also recorded by Anita Lindblom on her 1975 Christmas album Jul med tradition.