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Elli kelli, keitä velli

SKVR XII1 1568·Alatornio·1915·Collector: Perä-Pohjolan ja Lapin Kotiseutuyhdistys

In the SKVR edition: Alatornio. PLK. R 789. -15. Kiviranta.

Song types: Elli, Maija, Priita

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SKVR textEnglish
1Elli kelli, keitä velli,Elli, Kelli, boil the porridge,
2Maija kaija, maista suolaa,Maija, Kaija, taste the salt,
3Priita kiita, pyristä jauhoja!Priita, Kiita, sift the flour!

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-064162 · Read at SKS ↗

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