"Sjörövar-Fabbe" (English: Pirate grandpa Fabian) is a Swedish shanty-style children's song originally written by Georg Riedel and Astrid Lindgren for the film Pippi in the South Seas (Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven) in 1970.
[1] In 2001, it was covered as a crossover version with the melody of Dio's "Holy Diver" by the Swedish metal band Black Ingvars.
A Norwegian version with lyrics by Marit Trulsrud is by Anita Hegerland and Frank Cook from 1970.
There is also a German version called "Seeräuber-Opa Fabian" with lyrics by Helmut Harun.
It was first performed by actress Eva Mattes in 1970 and covered in 2012 by German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut for the compilation album Giraffenaffen.