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Hyvä Tuomas joulun tuopi

SKVR XII1 393·Hailuoto·1912·Collector: Paulaharju, Samuli

In the SKVR edition: Hailuoto. Paulaharju 5834. -?

Song types: Hyvä Tuomas joulun tuopi, paha Nuutti pois sen viepi, Joulun tulo

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SKVR textEnglish
Lapset hyppelivät iloissaan joulua odotellessaan ja odoteltiin:
1Hyvä Tuomas joulun tuopi,Good Thomas brings Christmas,
2Paha Knuutti poijes viepi!Evil Knut takes it away!
3Joulu tulla jollotteleeChristmas comes stomping in,
4Juustokämpäle kainalossa!A cheese-clump under its arm!

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-062970 · Read at SKS ↗

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