by Eino Leino (1878 - 1926)
Näkinkengät ne rannalla karskui
Language: Finnish (Suomi)
Näkinkengät ne rannalla karskui ja helisi heisipuut. Kuka rantoja riemuten kulkee? Niin kulje, kulje ei muut – Siell’ impeni armahin astuu näkinkengillä keikuttain. Häll’ on niin valkea jalka, sen kerran ma nähdä sain.
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Authorship:
- by Eino Leino (1878 - 1926), no title, appears in Yökehrääjä, in Hämärissä, no. 18, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Rannalla", op. 19 (12 laulua Eino Leinon runoihin) no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
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