"The Peddler's Song" - a Finnish-Karelian Folk Song

Roy Kosonen sings old Finnish-Karelian Folk Song, called "Reppurin Laulu", which means "The Peddler's Song", composed by the Finnish song-writer Oskari Merikanto, sometime in the late 19th or early 20th century. The lyrics are in the Livvi dialect of the Aunus (Olonets) region of East Karelia, on the north shore of Laatokka (Ladoga).
Video recorded in March, 2008, at meeting of "Order of Runeberg", Lodge 205, New Haven, CT, USA --
http://www.orderofruneberg.org

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Education

Tags:

• Finnish-Karelian
• Folk-Song

[hwilbert47]

This is not a Finnish-Karelian Folk Song!

It is a product of a Karelianism, late 19th century cultural phenomenon in the Grand Duchy of Finland, a part of Russian Empire. Composer is a finnish-swede Oskar Merikanto (father Frank Mattsson) and lyrics are from ethnic swede Karl Gustaf Larson (Larin-Kyosti).

Another version: /watch?v=HwpJyI9goXY&feature=r­elated

Imitation is sometimes better than original!

Docendo discimus!

[Strumelia]

'better with music'..?  It IS music! ;D

[PrinsDarian]

thanks for the song only i think next time its better with music lol but stil its good

[bflyte]

well done, and the history was much appreciated =)

[CurlyandSmile]

Thanks for the song!

[mkl62]

I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. This past Sunday (June 22), I played for our closing hymn We All Are One in Mission. It is #576 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship in the Vocation, Ministry section. It is wriiten by Rusty Edwards and set to the Finnish folk tune, KUORTANE. Just thought I'd share.