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Tou tou Tourun tamma

SKVR IX1 2004·Tammela·1913·Collector: Vihervaara, Eemeli

In the SKVR edition: Tammela. Vihervaara Emil. HO 31 260. 13. Haudankorva. Karolina Nyholm, 58 v. Kuullut lapsena. Muistiinp. Jokioisten Vaulammilla.

Song types: Toussun toussun toukotamma - ei kynnä eikä kanna, Tuu tuu Tuuterin tamma

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SKVR textEnglish
Lapsia toussuttaissa sanottiin:
1Tou tou Tourun tamma,Clop clop, Turku's mare,
2Ei se kynnä, eikä kanna,It does not plow, nor does it bear,
3Eikä varsaas immee anna.Nor let her foal suckle there.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.

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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-048312 · Read at SKS ↗

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