Loituma Ieva's Polka w/ Lyrics
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- Опубликовано: 23 июн 2008
- Ieva's Polka info from wikipedia
"Ievan Polkka" or "Ievan Polokka", (Savo Finnish for "Eva's Polka") is a popular Finnish song with lyrics written in the early 1930s by Eino Kettunen to a traditional Finnish polka tune. The name is commonly misspelled Levan polkka, due to the similarity of lower-case L and upper-case i in sans-serif fonts. It is also known as "Loituma's Polka" (or "Loituma's Polkka").
Origin
The melody of "Ievan Polkka" is very similar to Savitaipaleen polkka, and in South Karelia the Ievan Polkka is also known as "Savitaipaleen polkka". The melody is also very similar to a folk dance from the area of Smolensk in Western Russia, which is known as Smolenski gusatšok ("смоленский гусачок"/"Small Gander in Smolensk").
The polka can be traced back to the Viipuri Province in the 18th century when the border with the Kingdom of Sweden ran west of the province. The number of Russian soldiers stationed in the border area outnumbered the locals for many decades. At the beginning of the 19th century collectors of Finnish folk dances and folk songs all mention that the dances in the area of Luumäki-Savitaipale were Russian dances only and didn't write them down. Locals who are well-versed in folk music agree the melody is very old and likely to have been known back in the early 19th century and therefore probably of even older origin.
Description
The song takes the point of view of a young man. He wants to dance with Ieva (Eva or Eeva in Savo), but her mother won't let him. They sneak away to someone else's house, where everyone is dancing to a polka, and dance all night. When he follows her home, her angry mother is waiting for them, but he tells her straight out that Ieva and he will be together no matter what.
Language
The song is sung in Eastern Savonian dialects spoken in North Karelia (see Savonian dialects).
The Loituma version of the song includes an intermezzo of phonetically inspired gibberish containing only a few Finnish words; it is not part of the original song written by Eino Kettunen. The content of the intermezzo varies from one performance to another and is not listed on most lyrics. It is similar to scat in jazz.
Popularity
This song is best known from an a cappella performance by the Finnish quartet Loituma, first released on their debut album, Loituma, in 1995. The album was released in the United States as Things of Beauty in 1998.
The song acquired greater popularity via the Internet in the spring of 2006 because of the flash animation "Loituma Girl," which starred the character Orihime Inoue from the popular Japanese anime Bleach, apparently twirling a leek and singing along to the song. For the cartoon, only the second half of the fifth stanza (four lines) and the complete sixth stanza (eight lines) are used.
The song has also been sung by Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, whose version is more popular among her fans. In the music video she has a leek, just like the leek spin. Insted of spinning it she waves it up and down.
Furthermore, mobile ringtones based on various mixes of "Ievan Polkka" gained a wide popularity among Russian and Commonwealth of Independent States mobile subscribers in late 2006 The tune is also the theme song to the Internet sitcom Break a Leg. it was remixed by DJ Basshunter of Sweden, DJ Sharpnel of Japan, and Beatnick of Poland; and a version of the song was part of a Ready Brek television advert aired in the United Kingdom. Also, some videos show a Farfetch'd spinning a leek.
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For anyone wondering, this song is talking about a boy who takes a girl, Ieva, to a dance. Ieva's mother doesn't want her to go, but eventually, she and the boy sneak out. After the dancing, they hook up. They go back home and Ieva's mother is mad and Ieva starts crying. The song ends basically with the boy telling the mom he loves Ieva and will not give her up. I basically stole this comment from someone who basically stole this comment from another Ievan Polka video in which the comment writer basically stole the comment from another Ieva Polka video in which the comment writer basically stole the comment from another Ieva Polka video
Aaaaand it's pinned
@@havanissa lol
@@havanissa you replied 28 minutes ago i came in the right time
@@havanissa thank you so much
and the boy's name is polpolpolpolpol
-me trying to sing.
-The demon in my room. Are you okey?
I was singing it yesterday night, then the girls from the next room came and asked in what language was I calling a demon
@@leocherry 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Miku’s version lyrics is actually same with this. Everything is just filled with 1:34
My beer can do this, hold me.
Ahahaha, that's Finnish humor
Lool yas
Realm Reviews lol
Perfect comment
In Finnish Lappland, beer holds you.
As a Finnish person my biggest flex is that I can actually sing this song
It's even bigger flex when you ain't Finnish. Though it's not that hard... xD
@@arrymy it's essentially shakesperian finnish so here it is
I am Croatian , doing by best to learn it! Amazing song.
It's really grotesque....
me too
0% nudity
0% drugs
100% did not understand anything
Not even Hey Pol😂
Appyt tipput appyt tipput😭😭
😂😂😂😂
@SFS Guidance æ
@SFS Guidance æ has the same sound as ä in finnish
It is said that once you master this song and the Finnish language you can nail every toungue twister in the world.
Cloгох Вleacн Except if you don’t know the language of it
So true
Гугл переводчик))))?
Well im the CEO of tounge twisters because im finnish
Good luck nailing arabic 😂
Me: What’s the WiFi password?
My friend: It’s on the back of the router.
The back of the router:
Underrated comment
@@xKelaino it's just a copy paste from original video, I like the joke tho lol.
bahahah i cant stop laughing
Did you get the password correctly?
😂😂😂😂💯💯
As a Mexican person (who happens to love Finnish black metal) my biggest flex when people talk about how difficult it is to learn and speak Finnish is that I can actually sing this song. Of course I owe it all to Hanni and her awesome tutorials
Fuck yeah! Glad to hear the finnish sound has gone so far. Perkele! 🤘
Pinche verbo.
Yo sin saber una pizca del idioma me sé la canción al derecho y al revés JAJSJSJAJSJA
@@imgigyftw hahaha qué genial xdxd
1:43 You can hear her confidence, can't understand, but that confidence
She's literally singing nonsense which makes it even better.
@@alexandrapedersen829 so basically scat?
@@GhastlessGibus Exactly scat.
That's my favourite part
Spine tingling honestly
English:
The sound of a polka drifted from my neighbor's
and set my feet a-tapping oh!
Ieva's mother had her eye on her daughter but
Ieva she managed to fool her, you know.
'Cause who's going to listen to mother saying no
when we're all busy dancing to and fro!
Ieva was smiling, the fiddle it was wailing
as people crowded round to wish her luck.
Everyone was hot but it didn't seem to bother
the handsome young man, the dashing buck.
'Cause who's going to mind a drop of sweat
when he's all busy dancing to and fro!
Ieva's mother she shut herself away
in her own quiet room to hum a hymn.
Leaving our hero to have a spot of fun
in a neighbor's house when the lights are dim.
'Cause what does it matter what the old folks say
when you're all busy dancing to and fro!
When the music stopped then the real fun began
and that's when the laddie fooled around.
When he took her home, when the dancing was over
her mother angrily waiting they found.
But I said to her, Ieva, now don't you weep
and we'll soon be dancing to and fro!
I said to her mother now stop that noise
or I won't be responsible for what I do.
If you go quietly and stay in your room
you won't get hurt while your daughter I woo.
'Cause this fine laddie is a wild sort of guy
when he's all busy dancing to and fro!
One thing I tell you is you won't trap me,
no, you won't find me an easy catch.
Travel to the east and travel to the west but
Ieva and I are going to make a match.
'Cause this fine laddie ain't the bashful sort
when he's all busy dancing to and fro.
Y u no have more likes?
bc he copied
Isabella
I don’t think he copied, I think he just put this here for everyone.
Hello my long lost brother
I didn't see a leek on the lyrics
2:09 when they said “Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss, cut it loose cut it loose” i felt that
I know right it’s so funny lol 😂 😝 😆
mikä vitun Dr Seuss se on tukkee suus ja korjeet luus
Here, have a like and a medal
Yeah
For the meaning see this video😂😂
I spent 13 hours to find translation in English
ruclips.net/video/sOMWKfLkF8o/видео.html
What a patience that boy singer has,he is only saying polka mostly,but sounds perfectly and unique
I mean he is essentially the beating heart of this song and he knows it..since it's an acapella so he's essentially the drums that set the pace
Fun fact: The most famous part of this song, the part thats in leekspin, isn't actual Finnish, she's scat singing
It's also in Vocaloid.
shitosusansen shutttt the fuck up
kyllä.
1:24
Kurikan kukka :D
Hanni's scat part always cheers me up, in every Loituma version
I absolutely love the fact that there is a leek to help us keep track of the words.
Teacher : Pls be quite I'm coming in few mins..
Meanwhile backbenchers : ....
I agree
0:21 when you meet your friend pol in the street
hey pol😂
Hey Pol
😂😂😂😂😂
@@creepysmilingcarl9742 not, pol
LMAO
No one can sing "DABA DABA DABA DABA DUVJA VUU" as lovely as Hanni-Mari Autere. What a lovely singer, seriously.
I can sing it pretty well it's the only song I have been listening to since February I learned the lyrics in 4 months I can't speak finish
@@RoseQuartz692 me too
And that little crack in her voice just makes it..
Imaging a cat vibing to this song
😂😂😂😂🖤
Не знаю почему , то от финнской польки кайфую с самой школы. До сих пор в экстазе, хоть прошло уже около 16 лет :))
какие?
Karaoke level: demigod...
I think this is very easy and fun to sing ^^
@@homiescrackden what u mean?
@@homiescrackden no its not i can even pronounce all of thoes words perfectly ^^
@@homiescrackden nah im just from finland and thats my native language
@@homiescrackden well thats funny coz that song is sang in finnish xD
The entire song is a tongue twister. xD
Okay
@sp0tes if you're a foreigner wh speaks finnish, its still extremely hard since its a dialect that they have never heard of.
For the meaning see this video😂😂
I spent 13 hours to find translation in English
ruclips.net/video/sOMWKfLkF8o/видео.html
Сколько времени прошло... а песня по-прежнему: душевно и искренне радует душу! Здоровья и успехов всем участникам группы "Лайтумма"!
Эй, пой! Эй, пой!))
Never learned a word of Finnish before this. Mark my words, I WILL learn this song and sing it for my school’s talent show.
Did you?
@@tonithetiger412 it happens later on in the year. In terms of learning it, I have.
@@herrkrause1103 Good luck then!
Did you do this ?? If you did you better have won for sheer taste in music 😂
@@herrkrause1103Hanni (the main singer) posted a full lyrics video. Feel free to adjust speed. ruclips.net/video/Ui8xkM1l-dQ/видео.htmlsi=92yRjYXL3YbQb5QK
Why am I here?
*Clicks Play*
*Clip ends*
Dafuq did I just saw?
*Clicks Replay*
*Clip ends*
That's actually a nice song
*Clicks Replay*
*Two Hours Later*
WHY IS THAT SONG SO DAMN CATCHY?!
*Clicks Replay*
hahahaha same here. The years go but then I remember this song and Im like wooaao how could I forget :D
6 years later and I still hearing every day.
I just keep replaying!!!!!!!
Sigh me
Why is it so catchy
Why is there a green onion pointing the lyrics?
First, it's a leek, second, it's a reference to the Hatsune Miku version of the song.
cuz we are dumb onions for trying to do this ;)
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
*offended leek sounds*
Reference to a gif of an orange haired girl spinning a Leak.
This is why the Russians couldn't invade finland
😂😂
other reason is säkkijärven polkka, literally a explosive song. (if you know the history of its use with soviet mines you understand ;)
@@Alexandros.Mograine well the finnish literally used that song to detonate the mines the soviets had planted during the winter war
@@adivtayudhatama3926 well, thats what i ment with explosive song ;)
They saw a cat and a Turkish mand hand glitching out and ran
This song : * exists *
a cat 12 years later: VIBE VIBE VIBE
The song is 90 years old
person above is correct
The cat meme is recent
The leek spin is the original meme from 2006
Ikr life is so random and crazy😂
Yoga n chill dudes
@@Mordekool The song is actually from the 1930's !!
I tried to sing along... after 5 seconds my tongue started twisting in unnatural ways and after 5 more seconds i got a cramp in my tongue and couldn't move it at all....
9 years ago,hope u can say a word
damn
Damm boiiii
@@muhamadridwan834 Nice roast after 9 years for OP :) GG
9 years ago with 69 likes
damn
Класс! Без инструментов, все делается голосами. ЛАЙК!!!
Это произведение искусства, которому нет равных..
I just accidently summoned a demon while trying to sing the lyrics of this song
😂😂😂
Tell him to yoga n chill n you do too😁
Idk cyan sus
@LAKSHITA SATYA what tasks visuals r disabled
@LAKSHITA SATYA wait the game just started...
Не спирам да ви слушам! Уникални сте! Поздрави от България!
omg ..i watched this again n again for more than 20 times but didn't realize they are not playing any musical instrument but still how good n melodious it seems ..that's a real song which requires no music..really love it so much...
At 1:43 you can "hear" her smiling 😍
And now we're smiling because she NAILED IT!!
@@skibik3r that's her now:
ruclips.net/video/fO9X1edfJgs/видео.html
@@nameless5053 She's super cute in this video 😍
@@skibik3r Here is levan polka remastered: ruclips.net/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/видео.html
@@onnibools DON’T CLICK OR YOU GET RICKROLLED sob
Nobody:
The Man: Hay hoy
no it's gay boi edit: o wow 3 likes
@@Therealburntmilk no it's yeah boi
For the meaning see this video😂😂
I spent 13 hours to find translation in English
ruclips.net/video/sOMWKfLkF8o/видео.html
He's looking for his friend paul more than 20 years
@@emircolic1120 paul paul paul paul...
Aaaaah finnish....what a beatiful and melodical language.
U insane?
As a Swedish-speaker, I thought I could understand it.... And boy was I WRONG
nope its definetly not
W4rw0lf hei mina on Suomi
pöppänen Why not? I'm Finnish and I think it's beautiful.
...for some reason I feel like learning this...hopefully in this life...lol :)
love from Greece...
mporeis! mporeis! kai an de mporeis sthn telikh, exei trello gelio h prospa8eia!
H is for Harlem
hahahhaa....efxaristw:)
I learned from 1:33 to 1:55 which over and over is the Japanese hatsune miku version :)
Neru Akita no
its Finnish, not greece.
Besides displaying the vocal prowess of the members of Loituma, this song also displays how mellifluous the Finnish language is, especially when sung.
My god this is so crisp!
This is the best recording of this song I've ever hear, I was so used to the live version! Thank you!
I spent 25 mins trying to remember what this was called ... SOOO WORTH IT
when I examine my life and find out that I'm here because of a cat.....I just question mysekf about the actual sense of all this
Yeah, you really missed out on that 2006 spinning leek girl craze.
For the meaning see this video😂😂
I spent 13 hours to find translation in English
ruclips.net/video/sOMWKfLkF8o/видео.html
1:42 Her voice bending, all the time , so awesome!
0:28 that double rr is incredible
Hasta párese español rrrr
i really like the detailed description about the song; it helped me understand what it was about and it's origins! thanks!
I'm finnish and "Ievan polkka" is an old finnish folk song. It's more like Savo dialect than karelian. I live in Northern Savo so I speak this dialect. (but not as strongly as in the song) Here's the translation:
I heard the polka rhythm from the neighbour
The bottoms of my feet were itching
Ieva's mother was guarding her daughter
but Ieva tricked her of course
'cause the forbids don't disturb us
when we are dancing from side to side
salivili hipput tupput täppyt
äppyt tipput slowly
Do I understand the song?
Not a single word.
Do I enjoy listening to it?
Absolutely.
So right
Who is here after the Turkish Dude and Cat meme? XD
*Edit : Thanks For 1K Like XD*
same here! can't stop vibin now. ahahaha
Meee
me
Same , vibes in my veins
meeeeeeee
I am just gonna learn the whole text
Baconunicorn good luck with that XD
I did that
@dkebbekdkbdbdkwkdbdbfbjwkqkdbdbkekdkdbdbdbf can you translate then?
I'm weird because I can't read Finnish, but I can read the IPA, so I'm still hoping for a phonetic version of the lyrics
Best of luck friend, I've been trying for almost a decade :/
What's with the flying leek lol
We dont want no leaks around here..
It is not a leak..but a leek...try a dictionary.
Its because of leek spin. Look up on here
Karen Hansen Leekspin was a student animee film done to this song. A girl is singing this and spinning a leek. It's pretty funny, and it's viral.
Ok thanks for the explanation :)
Thank you for making me not to study for my exam. I have been listening to this for 2 days and cant even close it down |(
This channel's owner after getting all these views all of a sudden:
RAPAPAP SIROTATAAAA
رائعة وجميلة جدا .. قد تكون فعلا اللغة الفنلندية من الجمال بحيث لا تحتاج الى موسيقى ...راي عربي
Me trying to remember an answer in exam..
My brain : 1:09
Sahi bole bhai
For the meaning see this video😂😂
I spent 13 hours to find translation in English
ruclips.net/video/sOMWKfLkF8o/видео.html
Titilittitititlia? That is so weard
@@kishankr8537 hindi bruh
Their best ever recording..just perfect !
I keep going back to watch this a few times a year. I don't know why but I absolutely love it.
1:25 thats the leekspin we all know and love'
Soy mexicano y me encantó este ensamble de voces. Una polka muy bonita Saludos desde México.
Encontre por fin alguien México
Viva México !!!
verga wey por fin alguien que me entienda, oye compa por donde encuentro la salida?
Saludos desde México
Saludos Razaaaaaa!!! 👋🏼 👋🏼
Russia: invades Finland
Still Russia: why do I hear boss song?
Boss song:
I live for "salivili hipput tupput tapput äppyt tipput hilijalleen". Something very pleasing about it.
The lyrics are like "this bro don't mind wetness"
2:17
"Saaaa!!"
Korjoo loos.
Oh... It took 10 years for me learn this song and finaly be able to sing along with this video.
Thank you so much!!
Me trying to sing this song
My Tounge to me: Please pardon me for my sin if any
World: MUSIC CANT BE WITHOUT INSTRUMENTS AND AUTO TUNE
FINLAND:hold my beer
WORLD: WAIT THATS ILLEGAL
a capella: am i a joke to you?
@GD Jesuri ei
@GD Jesuri hold my sauna
I don’t get this joke
@@ChestersonJack the music is from finland
thx
i needed this
no joke
Muchas gracias por la descripción tan completa, te amo 😂🙏
This absolutely has to be the best polka song I've ever heard, The flow is awesome, great tune, Those Fins know how to polka!!!
А ну хорошо , что текст есть. Теперь-то всё понятно!
КРЫМ И КУБАНЬ УКРАИНА
I am so in love with the Suomalainen kieli!!!! Minä rakastan suomea kielia!!! Olen Spanjalainen!
01:04 I fall in love with her and her voice ❤️❤️❤️
2:37 they say tanssii instead of laskoo
true
Omg, I just heard this song day before yesterday
Now I'm singing along!!!!!
Thank you for lyrics! Finally I can sing along!
Thank you for the lyrics.
I'm happy as a Japanese to see that leek in the video as well:)
Nice to see one with the intermezzo lyrics as well, even if it doesn't mean anything (from 0:57 to 1:50)
Oh my dear.. the flying leek!!!!!!!!!! Classic.
South Asian here. I have the urge to learn this song and sing it. Before I die I will do it.
Thanks, the lyrics helped me sing along
Finland: makes this song
Weebs: thanks i think ill take it
Piękne wykonanie, harmonia i rytm. Pozdrawiam z Polski.
To prawda. Fajne do posłuchania. Ale wersja naszego zespołu Guzowianki bardziej porywa do tańca 🤩
I listened this song in a loop for 12 long years. And yeah, still makes me happy.
Putting the words on there must have taken some dedication -- especially for the gibberish section!
1:46
Dujva vuu
I'v just been in this place before
Ievan Polka: *exists*
Weebs: "hippity hopperty, your song is now our property"
IEVAN POLKKA
There is no such name in Finnish than Leva :D
It’s Ievan with a capital “i”
@@ChestersonJack yeah I didn't noticed it, just a typing error
youre damn right
I will spend the rest of the lockdown learning this song! 👌
oh my gosh there is a leek for the sing along that’s so cute. I love this so much thank you :-)
no one :
litteraly no one :
me : hEaR tHiS sOnG WhILe StuDy, and i rlly enjoy it lmfao
I'm gonna play this everyday on my bus now
Do u still do it
@@rom05 Someone probably killed him / her
@@Hirnlego999 yeah
Absolutely glorious. Love it love it love it
Help, i cant stop listening
These lyrics are so deep... Really got me thinking
You should have titled this video "Loituma Ieva's Polka w/ Lyrics and Leek" :-)
Gotta love it!
Браво! Это шедевр! 😍😘🥰
Everyone: CAT VIBING HAHA
Me, an old fuck: SPINNING ANIME LEEK
Until today I thought whole performance is a freestyle.
Being from Denmark its fun to read the lyrics of the song while having them say the pronouncation, cus your (the Finnish) vocals sounds exactly like ours in the danish language. obviously theres a huge difference between our languages, but we have very similar tone to the alphabet it seems
RUclips recommendation is getting weirder, and I love it.
Love how in depth the description is