Oisi mulla vallan miekka
Language: Finnish (Suomi)
Oisi mulla vallan miekka, vallan miekka, vallan valta, vallan valkia hevonen; ajaisin ma neitimaalle, naisin sieltä neittä kolme; yhen nuoren, toisen vanhan, kolmannen kasatun piian. Kasatulla työt tekisin, vanhan neuona pitäisin, itse nuorta naurattaisin.
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Oisi mulla vallan miekka", appears in Kanteletar, in II: Toinen kirja, no. 245, first published 1840 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Oisi mulla vallan miekka", op. 100 no. 8 [ voice and piano ], from Kanteletar-Lauluja, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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