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by Eino Leino (1878 - 1926)

Mä metsän polkuja kuljen
Language: Finnish (Suomi) 
[Mä]1 metsän polkuja kuljen 
kesäillalla aatteissain, 
ja riemusta rintani paisuu
ja ma laulelen, laulelelen vain.

Tuolla metsässä vaaran alla, 
oli kummia äskettäin
niin vienoa, ihmeellistä 
all'lehvien vehreäin!

Minä miekkonen vain sen tiedän, 
minä vaan, sekä muuan muu
ja lehdon lempivä kerttu 
ja tuoksuva tuomipuu.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eino Leino (1878 - 1926), "Mä metsän polkua kuljen", appears in Maaliskuun lauluja, in Kesä, 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 Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Minä metsän polkuja kuljen", op. 4 no. 1 [voice and piano], from Nuorten lauluja I = Songs for the youth I, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heikki Sarmanto (b. 1939), "Minä metsän polkuja kuljen" [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Sanna Mansikkaniemi

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 45

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