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3. Peltoniemen
(Finnish Trad)

A pleasant melody with a nice change of pace half way through. It ranges through Bert & John territory into Zorba the Greek – very entertaining. --Davy

The right name of this old finnish traditional song should be 'Peltoniemen Hintrikin surumarssi' or 'Peltoniemen Hintriikan surumarssi', depending if you prefer the male 'Hintrikki' in the name (Hintrikki was a real person, a weathly man with his own house, and he used to play this trad melody) or if you like female 'Hintriikka' which is a poor widow according the lyrics, which was written by Reino Helismaa, one of the best finnish song writer back in 50's and 60's. (A local McGowan, but more famous). The sung version became famous and popular, maybe because of the beauty of the melody or the absolute melancholy of the lyrics. It tells a story of old woman who had lost his husband, lived in a mouldering cottage with nothing but a swamp around it. And now they had took her away somewhere... 2006 this was voted the darkest or saddest-ever finnish song. Davy can tell more about the atmospere in finnish folklore. Anway, I didn't want to choose the name, so I put only Peltoniemen (Peltoniemi's) there and anyone can choose the rest if wanted. Surumarssi means funeral march. --Jore