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Aa lulla lasta

SKVR XIV 422·Sammatti·1931·Collector: Ruoppila, Veikko

In the SKVR edition: Sammatti. Ruoppila, V. 17. 31. Haarjärvi. Kustaa Saarinen.

Song type: Aa lullaa lasta, muori, isä vastaan

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SKVR textEnglish
1Aa lulla lasta,Ah, rock the child,
2Äijä tuli vastaa(n)The old man came forth,
3Keppi käres, pussi seljäs,A stick in [his] hand, a bag on [his] back,
4Kenkänruajut jalas.Shoe-straps on [his] legs.

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-085459 · Read at SKS ↗

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