ievan polokka

this version of the leeksong is dedicated to jesper! i love you.

this old finnish song from the 1930's is written by eino kettunen and is absolutely wonderful!

below is the english translation but without the gibberish part;

The sound of a polka drifted from my neighbor's
and set my feet a-tapping oh!
Ieva's mother had her eye on her daughter but
Ieva she managed to fool her, you know.
'Cause who's going to listen to mother saying no
when we're all busy dancing to and fro!

Ieva was smiling, the fiddle it was wailing
as people crowded round to wish her luck.
Everyone was hot but it didn't seem to bother
the handsome young man, the dashing buck.
'Cause who's going to mind a drop of sweat
when he's all busy dancing to and fro!

Ieva's mother she shut herself away
in her own quiet room to hum a hymn.
Leaving our hero to have a spot of fun
in a neighbor's house when the lights are dim.
'Cause what does it matter what the old folks say
when you're all busy dancing to and fro!

When the music stopped then the real fun began
and that's when the laddie fooled around.
When he took her home, when the dancing was over
her mother angrily waiting they found.
But I said to her, Ieva, now don't you weep
and we'll soon be dancing to and fro!

I said to her mother now stop that noise
or I won't be responsible for what I do.
If you go quietly and stay in your room
you won't get hurt while your daughter I woo.
'Cause this fine laddie is a wild sort of guy
when he's all busy dancing to and fro!

One thing I tell you is you won't trap me,
no, you won't find me an easy catch.
Travel to the east and travel to the west but
Ieva and I are going to make a match.
'Cause this fine laddie ain't the bashful sort
when he's all busy dancing to and fro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ievan_Polkka


why the leek?
here is an explenation of how it all began;

"Loituma Girl (also known as Leekspin) is a Flash animation set to a gibberish section of the traditional Finnish folk song "Ievan Polkka" (sometimes misspelled Levan Polka) sung by the Finnish quartet Loituma, taken from their 1995 debut album Things of Beauty. It appeared on the Internet in late April of 2006 and quickly became popular, drawing over a million viewers.
The cartoon consists of a 4-frame animation of the Bleach anime character Orihime Inoue twirling a leek to a 27-second loop from the song. Like many other such cartoons, the animation loops continuously."

read more about it;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loituma_Girl

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[snaketusv]

Pretty good finnish.

[LoneJalapeno]

Finally someone who did there homework... I love this song and it saddens me when people post it and don't exactly know how it originated. Thank you and you sung great keep it up =]

[BlueBetaPro]

I´m scared but i dont know WHY!? STOP!..

[yakyakeeful]

خطيييييييييييييرة

[djpate246]

Tämäpä on yllätys...rohkeita suomalaisia,jotka tekee musiikista taidetta...Kiitos.)

[Gastoonfirst]

@wkhes

Try to say ''tipput hilijalleen''

The ''h'' is to weak after a ''t'' .

It may sound as you think but it seems korrekt

[Gastoonfirst]

7 von 9 (bekannten) Strophen.

Die ''Rimpa diralla ribi dalli ''

und die ''Rak zuki za ja ribi da''

hat sie weggelassen.

Sind schöne und komplizierte Lautmalereien.

Das weglassen macht nichts.

Not the 5t and the 6t section of 9 known.

They are only voice colour with a flying tounge.

But very fine.

I'll hear you when I need good dreams going to bed

[Gastoonfirst]

Sehr gut!

Ich hab den Text mit gelesen. Alles richtig und mit viel Spaß vorgetragen.

Juhu. Wunderbar.

Very fine. I read the text while singing. Very korrekt.

And she sings with Pleasure.

[wkhes]

Lively and lovely and very good savvoo, thanks. Only one thing though: its Hilijalleen, I think I heard Tilijalleen?

[J0rppe]

Very nice! :)

[lovechocolates08]

it sooo hard...i have to sing ds as my hw but anyway it's good. very catchy :D

[zoomreddin1]

it's OK