Robbie commented:

>[ Reprinted from 991210 MMDigest.  An Internet search suggests
>[ that it might be from a 1981 audio recording which contains
>[ "'The Lutefisk Lament' by Boone & Erickson" and "How Vikings
>[ Football Came to Minnesota".  This is probably radio personalities
>[ Charlie Boone and Roger Erickson, who worked together 36 years at
>[ WCCO-Radio, Minneapolis, as the "Boone and Erickson Show."  An
>[ article at http://www.wcco.com/news/stories/news-971211-163406.html
>[ says Erickson "is regarded as a consummate radio personality; a
>[ master storyteller and dialectician, someone capable of making
>[ even school-closing announcements a unique art form."
>[
>[ Maybe an MMD reader can verify if Erickson wrote the verse.  Many
>[ links to lutefisk lore are at http://www.lutefiskmike.com/links.htm
>[ -- Robbie

While I can't verify if Roger Erickson wrote it, I can certainly vouch
for it being read every year on their show.  We lived in the Twin
Cities for 15 years, until 1989, and woke up to Boone and Erickson
every morning.  And yes, you haven't heard school-closing announcements
until you've heard Boone and Erickson!

Dale Dohler
Ann Arbor, MI 48108