The word "rallar" comes from the Swedish word "rallare" which means wheelbarrow. The word was used primarily about men that built railroads, factories and roads from the middle of the 19th century and up until the 1920's and 30's. Much of the construction took place in Norway and although Norway had it's fair share of "rallare", a lot of Swedes participated as migrant laborers. Rallare were known has hard-working and hard-drinking men, and although they hailed from both Norway and Sweden they shared a common rallar-culture. This is perhaps most obvious in their style of clothing, a big black hat being the ultimate fashion statement. The topic of their songs usually revolved around the hazardous work they were doing, being hassled by the man, drinking, fucking and fighting. The songs posted under are taken from the record "Rallarvisor" by Pierre Strøm and was released on YTF Grammofon AB in 1975. I picked this one up in Berlin for 2 Euros.
Song 1: Transportvisan
Song 2: Aangermansvisan
Song 3: Fleckefjordbanevisan
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