# Original Finnish lyrics by: Reino Helismaa
## Rewritten by Michael Washboard


The land of Karjalan only a beautiful memory—
but its music still sounds from the heart heavily,
When a musician plays it, it's always a please:
Säkkijärvi polkka!

That polkka brings past times to mind
And a bond that's never been left behind.
Hey, musician, let the accordion play
Säkkijärvi polkka!

  It takes the young and the old to cheer,
  With that polkka, nothing else compares!
  Even caries on with-out a roof to share
  Säkkijärvi polkka!

  It has the rippling of the waves,
  It has the waver of pine trees.
  Karjalan sounds — everybody knows its beat:
  Säkkijärvi polkka!

    Come on, come on, girl, come on, dance with me now,
    When the polkka twinkle in the bright night sky
    Hoi! bite the bullet, and shallow down the gullet,
    When you look up to find that shine

    Come on, come on, girl, come on, dance with me now,
    When we have joy and summerly times!
    Säkkijärvi we have lost
    But we still have left its polkka!

When the dearest strands have left us.
A wanderer in foreign places
With wistful music, we find solace
in Säkkijärvi polkka!

It is only a polkka but it's of the kind
That reminds of our fond kinship.
The sound of the beautiful Karjalan is
Säkkijärvi polkka!

  [repeat pre-chorus]

      [repeat chorus]