Prästens lilla kråka

Prästens lilla kråka is a Swedish singing game, now also a children's song, which is used when dancing around the Christmas tree and the Midsummer pole.

There are several versions of whose little crow it is, for example mormors ("grandmother's"), mosters ("aunt's"), prostens (the provost's) and so on.

When dancing around the Christmas tree or the midsummer pole the ring of people is moving inwards and outwards, before being split up and finally throwing themselves on the floor or grass.

An early recording was done as an acoustic version by Eric Sellin in Stockholm in 1912 as "Gammal polska från Nerike (Prestens krage)", and the record was released the same year.

[2] The song has also been recorded by Glenmarks on the 1974 Christmas album Jul a la carte,[3] and by Anita Lindblom on the 1975 Christmas album Jul med tradition.