Lille katt explained

Lille katt
Type:	song
Album:	Astrid Lindgrens Emil i Lönneberga
Genre:	children's song
Composer:	Georg Riedel
Lyricist:	Astrid Lindgren

"Lille katt" (English: Little cat) is a Swedish children's song. The lyrics were written by the author Astrid Lindgren. The music was composed by Georg Riedel.

It appears in the 1972 film Nya hyss av Emil i Lönneberga.

Publication

• Barnvisboken, 1977, as "Lille katt, lille kat" ("Lilla Idas visa")
• Smått å Gott, 1977
• Barnvisor och sånglekar till enkelt komp, 1984

Recordings

An early recording was done on 1971 album Astrid Lindgrens Emil i Lönneberga.^[1] The song has also been recorded by Lisa Nilsson (1999)^[2] and Siw Malmkvist and Tove Malmkvist^[3] The song was also recorded by Wooffisarna & Lill-Babs on 1980 album Wooffisarna & Lill-Babs.^[4] In 1991, the song was recorded in Persian by Simin Habibi, as "Gurba-ji kucik".^[5]

German singer-songwriter Lena Meyer-Landrut recorded Lille katt for her third studio album Stardust in 2012 as a hidden track.

External links

• Lille Katt on YouTube

Notes and References

1. Web site: Astrid Lindgrens Emil i Lönneberga. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 1971. 19 May 2011.
2. Web site: Barn på nytt. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 1999. 19 May 2011.
3. Web site: Guldkorn. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 2003. 19 May 2011.
4. Web site: Wooffisarna & Lill-Babs. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 1980. 18 May 2011.
5. Web site: Sånger för smått folk = Tarana-ha-yi kudakan. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 1991. 18 May 2011.