Ake Hallgren

Cry No Tears For Me (Grat inga tarar)

Don't cry any tears! This are the exact words my grandfathers father said to me when the sister of my mothers brothers mother became ill. The whole family gathered around her bed to sing this song to her. Nobody has yet forgotten the day when the Johanssons scared the entire healthcare in northern Sweden.

In the year 2000 the people voted this song to be the greatest danceband song in the twentieth century. The recording by Thorleifs was for long the most famous one before the Lasse Stefanz and many other dancebands began to record it.

I still believe I never have managed to listen to the song without crying some tears..... Please, try it yourself!

Harry J.