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Tanssippa taitava tapani

SKVR IX1 238·Humppila·1914·Collector: Knuutila, Viljo V.

In the SKVR edition: Humppila. Knuutila Viljo V. HO 10 25. 14. Anna Liisa Syrjälä, synt. 1829.

Song type: Tapaninpäivänä

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SKVR textEnglish
1Tanssippa taitava tapani.Dance now, skillful one of St. Stephen’s!
2Jouluyönä korkeanaOn the exalted Christmas Night,
3Joulujuhlana jalona.As the sublime Christmas celebration.

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-046545 · Read at SKS ↗

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