Finnish-Karelian folk song Reppurin Laulu (The Peddlers Song)

Roy Kosonen sings old Finnish-Karelian folk song, called “Reppurin Laulu“, which means “The Peddler’s Song“, composed by the Finnish song-writer Oskari Merikanto, sometime in the late 19th or early 20th century. The lyrics are in the Livvi dialect of the Aunus (Olonets) region of East Karelia, on the north shore of Laatokka (Ladoga). Video recorded in March, 2009, at meeting of “Order of Runeberg“, Lodge 205, New Haven, CT, USA --