Hedningarna - Vottikalinna

[hwilbert47]

The lyrics originates from the folklore collected by Elias Lönnrot in Jaakkima year 1837:

"Ei minusta lienekkän, Ollekkan, lienekkän Miniäksi miehelään, Orjaksi anoppelaan; Mie on miniä vihanen, Ankara anopin orja, Ei muista mukaan mennä, Olla aina alla kynsin, Toinen kun sanan sanoo, Minä kaksi vastaelen."

[spechkin]

Абсолютно охуенный клип для много водки!

[Ginbat86]

I love this rythms!!!!!!!!!!

[laelamarie1]

like the finnish lyric synopsis better....

[RoyalStandart]

Must be I have some swedish/finnish genes - don't know why, but I feel extreme attraction to these folk rhytms, sounds and language... weird

[EneriGiilaan]

@OlenolinGiudici240 Better yet to purchase the whole record (Trä). It will be worth every penny and you will get markedly better sound quality.

[HerrHannibal]

Fantastisk grupp!!! Se dem live om ni får möjlighet!

[Fyllbulten]

Sååå jävla braAAA!!

[ostbagen]

Nay I never thought I ever

Would become nor could become

A slaving spouse in some man's house

A thrall under a mother-in-law

[ostbagen]

Rash I'd be as daughter-in-law

Mean a thrall for mother-in-law

Nay, a maiden molded this way

Loathly would her life a thrall stay

[ostbagen]

I'd forget to feign my fawning

Meekness would be seldom showing

Would she angry words be throwing

Twofold more I´d be her thrusting

[ostbagen]

Would she try to jerk my braiding

Should she seek to twitch my plaiting

I would jerk her off my braiding

Twitch I should her off my plaiting!

[starush777]

>>The song is a trad. Finnish folk song.

muirninn, this is a Russian folk song ;-)

Some part of lyrics is singing in Russian ever.

"Vot i kalina, vot i malina" translated like sort of "Here is arrowwood berry, Here is raspberry".

[ostbagen]

Would it not be logical to asume that the song is a traditional Karelian song?

[starush777]

It's hard to me to translate it in English without any losses, so I just will translate the sense.

from under oaks, from under elms

from under elm's roots...

refren: here's viburnum, here's raspberries.

Grew our breads,

ripened our corn

refren: here's viburnum, here's raspberries.

[ostbagen]

Vottikaalina is a traditional Karelian song, and roughly translated, vottikaalina means "dedicated cabbage head"* and the song has to do with a woman's protest against her otherwise dedicated relationship to her husband, and his family.

[starush777]

Looks like re-make, original (Russian) lyrics was about gifts of autumn.

Из-под дуба, из-под вяза,

Из-под вязова коренья.

Вот и калина, вот и малина.

Вырастали наши хлебы,

Поспевало наше жито.

Вот и калина, вот и малина.

[ostbagen]

Maybe the Russians nicked the songs from the Finns?

[starush777]

Of course, mutual culture exchange always happened between Finns and Russians (and I really do like it :-)). Especially if you recall that Russians in some areas are genetically mix of Slavic and Finno-Ugric tribes. In most cases hard to say what feature was "native" and what was adopted.

However, about this one song I can say that it is melodically too similar to many other Russian folk songs from areas without Finnish culture influence, from what I concluded that it's originally Russian one.

[shashi2005]

Fascinating, I want to be in a band called "dedicated cabbage head" Hedningarna were/are a great band - I have all their albums. I love all that mad timing. I just wish they would visit the UK.

[Ikkeroger]

Hedningarna means "the pagans"

[Ulguncuju]

One of the most joyful things I have ever heard! What an amazing band they are. Keep it coming!

[andyunderground]

detta är den förta hedningarn låt jag hörde.bra party låt!

[Transakhal]

En serio, se ve muy mal. ¿Hay algún sitio dónde se pueda ver mejor?

[Transakhal]

It is a pity, so much bad quality image.

[kotkavuori]

Great song from a great group! :-)

[acerb45666555]

Love It!! Reminds me of Korpiklaani. Beer, Beer!!:)

[bappbappi]

this is as its best: finnish and scandinavian tradition merging. this is how we built the so called välfärd

[einherrjar]

doesn't this music just make you wanna drink, dance and fuck all night?

i love it.

[muirninn]

This song is off their 2nd album "Kaksi", yes. Värttinä has this song in their repertoire, yes. Why? The song is a trad. Finnish folk song. These two groups did their own take on it. And no, none of the Finnish female singers in Hedningarna (featured on Kaksi) did ever sing with Värttinä.

[Beingwith]

Where could I find a higher resolution video of this?

The Finns' singing is among my favorites, and their spiritedness makes my skin tingle.

[SunnySid17]

omg :| Shock again... Can't hear that anymore xD

[henkkaeighteen]

that's värttinä

[shakespearewannabe]

Nope. This is from Hedningarnas second album: Kaksi! Yes, at least one of the two Finnish girls singing were members of Värtinä.