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MARIE-CLAIRE SAINDON

choral, instrumental, traditional and multimedia music

KIIRIMINNA

Traditional Finnish Folk Sing

TITLE: Kiiriminna

INSTRUMENTATION: SSA + piano, opt. percussion*

TIME: 2m15s

$/COPY: $2.50 CAD (+tx where applicable)

SAMPLE: click here

*SSATB & SATB coming soon

TEXT

Täst se tulloo sellanen joukko,

jot ei suru paina.

Ympäri maata kulkeneet,

ja iloisii on aina.

 

Hei kiiriminna kaarimminna

kiiri miina kairaa,

kiiriminna kaariminna kairaa.

 

Viispä meit' on soriata liikkaa,

ku juhannuksen kukka.

Heiliä läksimme etsimään,

Ku entinen joutui hukkaan.

 

Hei kiiriminna...

 

Eipä tuo heilan vahto tehne.

miule yhtään pahhaa.

 

Hei kiiriminna...

 

Jos sais heilan paremman

ja vielä vähän rahhaa.

 

Hei kiiriminna...

 

Ei saa olla surunen vaan ilonen olla pittää,

Jos ei ole hyvä olla,

niin kehumalla lissää.

 

Hei kiiriminna...

Courtesy translation provided by:

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/kiiriminna-kiiriminna.html

Here comes a group

That's not weighed down by sorrow

We've walked round the country

And we're always joyful

 

Hei kiiriminna kaarimminna

Kiiri miina kairaa

Kiiriminna kaariminna kairaa

 

We are five pretty lasses

Like Midsummer flowers

We went looking for a sweetheart

For we lost the last one

 

Hei kiiriminna...

 

Switching to a new sweetheart

Probably won't hurt me

 

Hei kiiriminna...

 

If only I could get a better sweetheart

And a bit of money too

 

Hei kiiriminna...

 

You mustn't be sad, you should be joyful

If you don't feel good

You must brag even more

 

Hei kiiriminna...

PRORGAM NOTES

 

An SSA arrangement of the Finnish folk song "Kiiriminna", following the adventures of five lasses roaming the countryside with not a care in the world regarding boyfriends ...

A NOTE ABOUT THE RECORDING ABOVE:

This recording is an excerpt of the version that I arranged in 2014, which featured a similar instrumental arrangement to Värttinä's version of Kiiriminna. The score I now sell has a different instrumental melodies and harmonic structure, but this final verse and chorus of my 2014 Värttinä cover will give you an idea of the mood and style of the song regardless until I can have access to a concert recording of my current version!

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