This is the sixth tutorial of Ieva's polka lyrics. It's the last verse of those that Eino Kettunen originally wrote. I'd like to remind you, that my translations are not exhaustive, but give an idea of the meaning of the words. The story is told in a humorous and down to earth style. And again, this text is written in Savo dialect which is very difficult to translate unambiguously. 😃

VERSE 6 – THE STORY:

Accurate timestamps for each verse:

Music: Traditional Finnish melody

This is the fifth tutorial of Ievan polkka lyrics. I'd like to remind you, that my translations are not exhaustive, but give an idea of the meaning of the words. The story is told in a humorous and down to earth style. And again, remember also that this text is written in Savo dialect which is very difficult to translate unambiguously. 😃

VERSE 5 – THE STORY: The guy says to Ieva's Mom to shut her mouth or he will not guarantee her health. 'You'll stay healthy if you just go to your little rathole and lay down'. He basically means that in his opinion the Mother should just mind her own business. He is being brave in front of Ieva, of course. In the end he keeps on being bold and saying that he doesn't bother being too gentle while dancing with the ladies. (This doesn't mean threatening with violence!) And then again the cheerful trolling. 😃

5:10​ the "Verses learned so far" part.

Music: Traditional

This is the third tutorial of Ievan polkka lyrics in Finnish. I have now added to the end the "verses learned so far" part, as some of you have requested. I also tested different equipment, and that's why the audio quality changes a bit. Sorry about that! But I wanted to get this uploaded for you as soon as possible. 😃 I also forgot to repeat one whole line... I'm trying to get better in this, but since I have other work again (after Christmas holiday) I might not be able to put all the effort on these videos that I'd like to. I'm working on getting better equipment, though, and my goal is to be able to shoot high quality picture.

OK, here's the story of the third verse. My translations are not exhaustive, but give a rough idea of the meaning of the words. The story is told in a humorous and down to earth style. And again, remember that this text is written in a Finnish dialect that's very difficult to translate unambiguously... But you get the idea. 😃

VERSE 3 – the story:

4:45 the "Verses learned so far" part.

Please, let me know what you think again. And thank you for all the wonderful feedback so far! 😃

Music: Traditional

EDIT: There is an error that I have accidentally copied to many places... I'm so sorry about this! But fortunately you know already how that part of the song goes. I mean the salivili... 😃

This is the fourth tutorial of Ieva's polka lyrics. I decided to leave my solo part to the last, because I need to think about how to carry it out. In the meanwhile you can proceed with the actual story.

I'd like to remind again, that my translations are not exhaustive, but give an idea of the meaning of the words. The story is told in a humorous and down to earth style. And again, remember that this text is written in Savo dialect which is very difficult to translate unambiguously. 😃

VERSE 4 – the story:

5:30 the "Verses learned so far" part.

Music: Traditional

This is the second tutorial of Ieva's polka lyrics in Finnish. It contains the second verse of the song. Translations are not exhaustive, but give a rough idea of the meaning of the lines. The text is written in dialect, so there are words that can't be translated unambiguously. But I hope you get the idea of the story, which is told in a humorous and down to earth style.

VERSE 2 – translation of the story:

5:30 The whole verse

Music: Traditional

EDIT: There is an extra letter L in about 6:10. I'm sorry about this!

Dear all! So many of you have told me that you want to learn Finnish or that you have already learned this song in Finnish. It's an honour to me, and to help you with your aims I decided to make some new videos. This is the first clip in a series of tutorial videos for learning Ieva's polka in Finnish. I hope you find it useful! I will make a similar clip for every verse.

The language in this song is not literary language, but the Eastern dialect from Savo district. So this is not the kind of language you would learn in "Finnish for beginners" course. 😃

I have made the whole thing by myself and I'm aware of the fact, that it's not professional quality in any way. But I'm learning new things all the time and hope you are too. Have fun and let me know how you are doing with your Finnish studies! 😃

EDIT!

FIRST VERSE:

5:50 The whole verse

Music: Traditional

The whole song! I hope you enjoy practising this with me. I thought you might like it like this, so I left a couple of bars between all the verses, so there’s time to breath for a while and prepare for the next verse.

Thank you so much for joining with me on this journey of cutting the song into very small pieces and opening the meaning of the story along with the words and syllables. I’m so happy to think that there are so many people around the world singing this song and enjoying music and the special connection between other humans on this Earth through music. I’m also very proud of all of you who have the energy and time to try and learn this! I so much wish I could hear you singing, and see you dancing and smiling! =)

Your feedback has been very important to me and always will. Love you all! Stay safe and stay tuned! I’m not going to stop here! =)

IEVAN POLKKA – THE STORY

The storyteller is a young lad, who has a crush on a girl named Ieva (a Savonian version of Eeva, the Finnish Eva). The couple wants to dance together, no matter what. It’s a story about affection and the importance of dancing.

There is a sound of polka rhythm drifting from the neighbour (it might be Ieva’s house where people have gathered to dance). The lad says his feet long for dance. Ieva has her mother guarding her, but Ieva fools her and gets to dance with the lad. He’s saying: ”We don’t care about any restrictions when we are dancing all over the floor”.

Ieva is smiling widely as people wish her good luck. (Not sure, but maybe ’cause they had noticed the young fine lad being interested in her and people look at her with an implying gaze.) Everybody has their hair wet from sweating on the dance floor, and the fiddle is howling and wailing. In the end the lad says: ”I don’t mind being wet when dancing to and fro”.

Well, now Ieva’s mother is singing hymns in her own room (she probably didn’t like the idea of having a ball in her house). In the meantime the lad is wooing Ieva in the room next door (having a break from dancing). And the lad says that he doesn’t care about what any old women say as long as he can dance.

”We had fun after the dancing, and I got to canoodle once”. (It’s not obvious what Kettunen is saying here, but he alludes presumably to making love somewhere.) When they get home, Ieva’s mother is angry and Ieva starts to weep. The lad says: ”I told Ieva that it doesn’t matter and we’ll be dancing again”.

The lad continues: ”I told the mother: you shut your mouth, or else I won’t guarantee your health. You’ll stay healthy if you grab your bones and have a rest in your room”. He also tells that he doesn’t care for being so gentle when he’s taking the ladies all over the dance floor.

The lad is speaking to Ieva’s mother: ”I’ll tell you, you need to chew, ’cause I’m not to be swallowed just like that. (meaning that he won’t give up easily.) You can go from east to west, but I’m not giving up Ieva.” And he continues: ”For this lad doesn’t care for being too modest, when dancing to and fro”

Verses at:

Music: Traditional

Gondwana Chorale

Gondwana Chorale is Gondwana Choirs' national choir for singers aged 17-25. Many of these choristers sing professionally around Australia and bring a wealth of choral experience to the SATB ensemble. Chorale has performed widely in Australia and overseas.

This concert was filmed in January 2016 at the Concourse Concert Hall in Sydney. This concert is the culmination of a two week National Choral School, which includes Gondwana's other choirs and offers an intensive two weeks of rehearsals, performances and workshops with the leading figures in Australian choral music.

http://www.gondwana.org.au/

Tourdion : https://les-volets-jaunes.org/2023/01/tourdion/

Coro Infantil Najerense

Interpretada en Sol Mayor (Do movil).

Vidéo pédagogique pour apprendre le chant en suivante sur la partition ! 😃

Canciones Infantiles

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