This is one of the best-known traditional polka tunes in Finland. Here's a fairly standard version:
X: 1 T: Karjalan poikia T: The Boys of Karelia R: polka O: trad Finland Z: John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> M: 2/4 L: 1/16 K: D |: "D"a2a2 a2a2 | ~a2ga b2a2 | f2f2 f2f2 | ~f2ef g2f2 \ | "A7"e2A2 c2Ac | e2A2 c2Ac | e2g2 f2e2 |1,3 "D"d2c2 B2A2 :|2,4 "D"d2d2 d4 :| A2 \ |: "D"A2BA F2A2 | d6 e2 | f2gf e2f2 | "G"g2z2 "D"f4 \ w: | | | |~ Hej! | "A7"e2A2 c2Ac | e2A2 c2Ac | e2g2 f2e2 |1,3 "D"d2c2 B2A2 :|2,4 "D"d2d2 d4 :| Of course, the fact that it's in all the trad Finnish collection doesn't necessarily mean that it's originally Finnish. It just means that it's been played there for a long time, and nobody really knows where it came from. | This one is the signature tune of the Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers. | They think it's Norwegian but nobody can remember where they got | it from. Ideas? | | X:1 | T:The Hoy Song | Z:Jack Campin 2002 | S:Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers | M:2/4 | L:1/16 | Q:1/4=128 | K:A % or do we play it in G? I can't remember. | e2ee e2ee|e2ee f2e2|c2cc c2cc| c2cc d2c2 | | B2B2 A2A2|G2G2 F2F2|E2d2 c2B2|[1 A2G2 F2E2:|\ | [2 A4 z4 || | E4 E2A2|c4 "^HOY!!"z4 |c4 d2c2| B4 z4 | | B2B2 A2A2|G2G2 F2F2|E2d2 c2B2|[1 A2G2 F2E2:|\ | [2 A4 z4 |] | | The HOY!! is shouted in unison. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
