Tutut aitat jo kaikki unelmoi, koko kylä uinailee. Vain joelta hanurin soitto soi ja verkkaan loittonee. Kaikk' elämän äänet on kuolleet pois yön helmaan lumotun. Jos mun murheeni muistotkin vaieta vois ja sydämeni mun!
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Text Authorship:
- by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), "Kesäyö", appears in Valkeat kaupungit, in Pikkurunoja, no. 7, first published 1908 [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), "Kesäyö", op. 23 (Laulua V. A. Koskenniemen runoihin) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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