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. The lyrics are about Pippi Longstocking's great grandfather Fabian "Fabbe" Longstocking who was a feared pirate captain on all seven seas. The last line of the chorus "Tjo-hej hadelittan lej" is a fictional language. The song was originally performed by Pippi Longstocking actress Inger Nilsson who published it in 1975 as B-side of the single Här kommer Pippi Långstrump. In 2001, it was covered as crossover version with the melody of Dio's Holy Diver by the Swedish metal band Black Ingvars. Other Swedish versions are by Plura Jonsson in 1999, by Siw Malmkvist & Tove fr