Tii tii tikanpoika
In the SKVR edition: Hollola. Hästesko. 19. 06. Nuori tyttö Alma Helenius, kuullut työmies Adamssonilta. Muistiinp. Elimäellä.
SKVR textEnglish
Kehtolaulu.
1Tii tii tikanpoikaTii tii, woodpecker's son
2kylvi tielle nauriit.sowed turnips on the road.
3Tuli paha talon poika:Came the bad farm boy:
4söi tikan kaikki nauriit.ate all the woodpecker's turnips.
5Tikka se itki tillitteli,The woodpecker wept and wailed,
6talon poika nauroi.the farm boy laughed.
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
The text is that of the SKVR digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), with these changes:
- The edition’s line numbers are replaced by a number on every verse, counted as in the poem reader.
Source
Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-048286 · Read at SKS ↗
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