Annotation:Metsäkukkia
X:1 T: Metsäkukkia (Woodland Flowers) O: Trad Finland Z: 1998 by John Chambers <jc@trillian.mit.edu> M: 3/4 L: 1/8 K: Gm z4 \ | "Gm"D2 G2 A2 | B2 A2 G2 | d6- | d6 | D2 G2 A2 | B2 A2 G2 | "Cm"e6- | e6 | c2 d2 e2 | e2 d2 c2 | "Gm"d6- | [d6B6] | | "D7"D2 ^F2 A2 | c2 B2 A2 | "Gm"G6- | G2 :: g3f | "F7"f6- | f2 g3 e | "Bb"d6- | d2 e3 d | "D7"c6- | c2 d3 c | "Gm"B6- | B2 d2 d2 | | "Gm"d6- | d2 c2 B2 | "D7"A6- | A2 B2 A2 | D2 ^C2 D2 | B4 A2 | "Gm"G6- | G2 :: z2 ~g>^f | "Gm"g z3 ~d>^c | d z3 ~B>A | B z3 ~G>^F | G4 d2 | | "Cm"e4 d2 | c2 e2 g2 | "Gm"d6- | d6 | "D7"D2 ^F3 G | A6 | "Gm"D2 G3 A | B6 | "D7"D2 ^F3 A | B4 A2 | "Gm"G6- | G2 :|
METSÄKUKKIA ("Flowers of the Forest (3)," "Forest Flower Waltz" or "Woodland Flowers (2)"). 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 (where it is an accordion standard), imported to the United States in the Scandinavian communities of the northern states. The waltz was 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 title.
