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 Song Info: |
This is a song of Finnish-American Hiski Salomaa, who composed this song at the very beginning of 1900's, and it is possible that he made its lyrics even before he went to America. There he was a tailor, and also a travelling musician at U.S., mainly in Finnish Societies, just as Arthur Kylander, and others. |
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| Lyrics: |
In English:
When Asko played
his three-row accordion
a little village boy
was accompanying him
clapping his hands - with the rhythm.
No wonder that also Cupper Liisa
suddenly stood up from a bench
and went to dance - saying:
that's something, that!
An old woman! -
and still full of currency!
and still young people tend to make
some love affair with me!
But never mind -
when Polka feels still good,
despite my grey hair.
Shoemaker Eetu on the other side
kept beating a drum, and
Manta and Jussi went to dance
in a hurry, so that the cast iron
on a bench by the stove
fell down with ist hot contents,
and in the same time
a cat jumped down to the bench
and burned its feet.
Liisa said: Man must say that
there is no gout
in the cat, and farm-hand.
When Polka stopped
Liisa must hurry to sauna
(She was a copper)
And put some horns
to farmers neck.
Hired girls were listening
to the music,
and they went to the house,
and soon after that lot of peole
were gathering to the house, too.
Also from the neighbourhood.
But also a farmer,
whom Lisa has been manipulating
with her horns in sauna,
became suddenly exited,
and rise up with all horns
which were still hanging
on around his neck,
and went to the house, too.
There he said to his wife:
Bring my dark throusers
from the porch!
And then - with his pants on,
farmer began to dance
like a whirlwind, and
an also old woman, from above
the stove, rise up, and
joined to those wild dancers -
despite that she has been preparing
to her death for weeks.
Three-row accordion
was still singing on Asko's knees,
and that old woman shouted:
That boy must have come from heaven,
I have no pain anymore,
and I'm weathy again.
But the fact is that
it was Polka which
gave that cure both to farmer and
to that old woman.
But Asko got a bottle of
spiritus fortus.
In a daylight one could see
and that drum was broken,
and that accordion player
was sleeping on the ground
because of his heavy drinking.
- Tr. Timo Kinnunen -
In Finnish:
Asko kun veti sitä kolmetrivistä
niin pikkanen poika löi tahtia
kupparin Liisa lähti penkin päältä,
sano: kyllä se on aika mahtia!
vanhaakin viijään, nuoret vielä riiaa,
mutta eihän mulla ole noita lapsia -
ei kai se haittaa kun polkka kerran maittaa
vaikka on harmaita hapsia.
rili-iti-rilurilu
ralala laralulalu
ralalalaralulalu
r alalalaralulalu
rili-iti-riluril u
ralalalaralulalu
ralalalara lulalu
ralalalaa.
Suutarin Eetu kun toisella puolla
hakkasi rumpua pampulla.
Manta ja Jussi kun nurkasta läksi
vellipatakin se kaatui pankolla.
Kissa se hyppäsi uunin päältä
poltti käpälänsä kuumassa vellissä.
Liisa se sanoi: ei ole kihtiä
kissassa eikä rengissä.
rili-iti-rilulilu...
Polkka kun loppuu niin Liisalla hoppu
sen täytyypi mennä saunalle.
Imasta sarvia joitakin pareja
isännän kipiälle kaulalle.
Piiat kun kuulivat luhtissa
että pelimanni oli jo tuvassa,
niin pirttihin rientää suurta sekä pientä
jopa tuli naapuria taloista.
rili-iti-rilulilu...
Liisan kynsissä isäntäkin innostui
tuli saunasta sarvet kaulassa -
emännälle huusi: että tuoppas
tummat sarkahousut porstuan naulasta!
Housut jalkaan ja silloin se alkaa
kiperämmässä ; vauhtissa.
Ruotimummokin nousi jo uunin päältä
vaikka oli kuolintautissa.
rili-iti-ril ulilu...
Kolmerivinen kun lauleli Askon polvella
mummo sanoi: poika on taivaasta!
Ei pakotusta missään, jalka on novella
olen pääsynnä kaikesta vaivasta!
Polkka se paransi isännän ja mummon,
Askokin sai jo pirtua pullon,
päiväkin valkes, rumpukin halkes
oli pelimanni tajutonna sahtista.
korvissa kaikui vain tilurilurilurilu...
- Hiski Salomaa - |
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| Lyrics Author: |
Salomaa - Kinnunen |
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| Composer: |
Hiski Salomaa |
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2.2MB |
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