Tuu, tuu tupakkarulla [English translation]

Too, too, tobacco-roll1

how did you know to come here?

I came along Turku-road,

the oxen road of Tavastia2.

How did you know our gate?

I see your new gate:

the latch blow, the wheel above

the bear-skin over the gate

Too, too, tobacco-roll

how did you know to come here?

I came along Turku-road,

the oxen road of Tavastia.

How did you know our gate?

I see your new gate:

the latch blow, the wheel above

the bear-skin over the gate

1. Too used here is onomatopoetic, not to be confused with the word 'too'2. The Oxen Road of Tavastia is an ancient road in Finland connecting Turku to Hämeenlinna (Tavastia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hämeen_Härkätie

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