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Tii tii tikanpoika

SKVR IX2 227·Saarijärvi·1913·Collector: Koskenjaakko, Anshelm

In the SKVR edition: Saarij. Koskenjaakko. HO 11 106. 13. Alviina Kautto.

Song type: Tii tii tikanpoika teki tielle nauriin

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SKVR textEnglish
1Tii tii tikanpoikaRoad, road, woodpecker's son
2Teki tielle nauriin,Made a turnip on the road,
3Tuli tuhma paimenpoika,Came a foolish shepherd boy,
4Söi sen tikan nauriin.Ate that woodpecker's turnip.

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-049972 · Read at SKS ↗

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