Annotation:Metsäkukkia

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METSÄKUKKIA ("Flowers of the Forest," "Forest Flower Waltz" or "Woodland Flowers"). Finnish, Waltz. USA, northern Wisconsin, Massachusetts. G Minor (Matthiesen): A Minor (Johnson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC (Johnson): AA'BB'CC' (Matthiesen). A very popular tune in Finland. The tune has been picked up by American contra-dance musicians, and some wag invented the alternate title "Meadow Cookies" (i.e. cow pies, cow dung) in imitation of the Finnish. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 7: Michigan Tunes), vol. 7, 1986-87; p. 14. Matthiesen (The Waltz Book), 1995; pp. 36-37. Varrick VR-038, Yankee Ingenuity - "Heatin' Up the Hall" (1989). Boys of the Lough - "Sweet Rural Shade."

Source for notated version: "Crosscut" Larson (Midland, Michigan) [Johnson]; Ruthie Dornfeld (Cambridge, Mass./Seattle) [Matthiesen].

Printed sources: Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 7: Michigan Tunes), vol. 7, 1986-87; p. 14. Matthiesen (The Waltz Book), 1995; pp. 36-37.

Recorded sources: Parlophon b. 36103 (78 RPM), Viljo Vesterinen (1931). Varrick VR-038, Yankee Ingenuity - "Heatin' Up the Hall" (1989). Boys of the Lough - "Sweet Rural Shade."

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
See/hear versions on youtube.com [2] [3]