Same here (USA)

Kui ma olin väiksekene, kasvasin ma siis, kaunikene, olin ühe öö vanune, peale kahe päeva vanune, ema viis kiigu kesa peale, pani hälli palu peale, pani pardi kiigutama, suvelinnu liigutama. Pardil oli palju sõnu, suvelinnul liialt laule, part seal juures mulle palju laulis, suvelind liialt kõneles. Sealt mina, laps, siis laulud õppisin, hullukene sõnad oskasin, kõik mina panin paberisse, kõik mina raiusin raamatusse. Seepärast on mul palju sõnu, seepärast laialt lauluviisi. Tuli ütles: "Ole tuim!" Vesi ütles: "Käi vihasena!" Kivi ütles: "Ole kindel!" Känd ütles: "Ole kalk!" Kuidas ma olen tuim, tulekene, käin vihasena, veekene, kindel olen, kivikene, kalk olen, kännukene - ma ei ole tuima tütarde seast, kaleda naise kanade seast. Rõõmus oli minu ema, naljaline oli kandja naine.

@@laurentiusimion3452 thank you for this. also your profile picture is very cool.

Cuckoo bird, not duck

Eddie McAllister I sang in the all state choir for North Carolina and we did this song, so beautiful

Hannah Donnell you performed in the NC all state?!?! I did too!!

Eddie McAllister That's so weird! Which ensemble were you in?

Hannah Donnell I performed in the 9-10!

Eddie McAllister wild dude, I can't wait for next year

I see you have posted the lyrics in a previous comment here. These are correct lyrics, but the singing is performed in an old dialect, so the pronunciation somewhat differs from the lyrics you have, like; 'peale' pronounced as 'pääle', 'sealt' -> 'säält', 'laps' -> 'lats' and so on. Plus you have some extra there (minus the repetetive 'alleaa, alleaa' - these repetitive phrases are without exact meaning. I guess you could imagine a meaning here like 'la-la-la' can be interpreted to mean singing). I can help you if you have more questions.

@@kaddak99 thank you verry much for the clarifications and corrections, I am from a completely different country than the original country of the song. It was very difficult for me to find lyrics

@@laurentiusimion3452 Estonian is a phonetic language, meaning that you can look at a written word and know how to pronounce it. Or you can hear a word and know how to spell it. If you'd like the words to be rewritten according to these phonetic rules, the spelling would change for all of them and some words would be replaced. Like they are not using the word 'kiigutama' but instead 'hellütämmä'. Kiigutama translates to rocking(the cradle) and hellütämmä derives from the word 'häll', meaning 'cradle', hence cradling (hold gently and protectively). Modern meaning of this word has evolved to 'hellitama', meaning 'to cherish / nurture / caress or if you over do it you end up 'pampering' the subject :D

@@kaddak99 I would ask you to leave me these correct lyrics too, if possible. I found many versions of the song with many different lyrics. I would be honored if I could see the correct lyrics. You seem like the right person for that. Thank you!

​@@laurentiusimion3452 Sorry for keeping you waiting. I'm Estonian myself, and also fluent in Finnish. Knowledge of Finnish actually comes handy in some places in these lyrics. There's some interpretation room here for sure since they are using some old dialect and mixed in perhaps a hint of artistic freedom, who knows for sure ;) But I wrote these down to exactly as precisely as I can hear from the pronunciations from the performance; Kui ma olli väikokõnõ, kasvõi ma siis, kaunikene, olli ütte öö vannu, pääle kattõ päävä vannu, imä vii kiigu kesä pääle, pande hällü pala pääle, pande partse hällütämmä, suvõlinnu liigutamma. Part sel olle palla sõnnu, suvõlinnul liia laalu, part sel par mul palla luuli, suvõlinnu liiast kõnõli. Säält mina lats siis laulu õppi, hullikõnõ sõna osasin, kõik mina panni pabõrihe, kõik mina raiu raamatuhe. Selle mina ol palla sõnnu, selle laajalt laaluviisi. You also posted a second verse that I thought I'd translate for you to English. I don't know where you got this and if these go together somehow but anyhow, here it is (this was not in the performance). The fire said: Be numb! The water said: Walk angrily! (in decisive determination) The rock said: Be sure! The stump said: Be hardened! How will I be numb, oh dear fire, walk decisively, oh dear water, be surely, oh dear stump - I am not (from) among numb daughters, not from among hardened woman's chicken. Joyful was my mother. Playful (teller of joyful stories) was the childbearing woman. Both the verses you already have, are written down according to the modern standard Estonian grammatic/rules that was "set in stone" no later than in the 18th and 19th century and evolved on the basis of the dialects of Northern Estonia. To me the singing sounds like Võro dialect. Lots of similar words used at least, but I wont take poison for that claim :D Here's an example of some little old lady being interviewed and speaking Võro kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m9iKf5Nlnqurnn0.html Maybe someone with better knowledge stumbles here and suggests corrections. Well it's not an exact science, so I think we're good with this one. a myni võrokõnõ tulguq ja parandaguq!

Inesjiak9280 how beautiful you are!! Your vocals are astounding. I pray the Spirit of YHWH is with you. I'd have loved to been there for this performance. God bless you.

First line is a solo, second line is a the little moving notes you hear under the solo at the beginning, third line ends up with a 3-part chord (1:45), and the fourth line ends up with another 3-part chord (1:49). 8 voices at its thickest.

I think this should be Kristiina Pruul.

My daughter is singing in the same choir (Ellerhein). They performed this song on a concert on the last weekend :) They have a new conductor now though - Ingrid Kõrvits, instead of Tiia-Ester Loitme who conducts the choir in this video.

@@kaurvirunurm never loose hope I guess, thanks mate ^^

Once I was just a little one, then I grew very nicely and I was one night old. After two days my mother took my cradle to a fallow field. She put the cradle on the field and set a duck in it to comfort me, and a summer bird to rock it. The duck had a lot of words, and the summer bird had much to say. The duck and the bird both sang to me a lot. There, as a child, I learned songs and many words. All of this I put on paper, all of it I etched into a book. From this book I have many words, from this book I have many songs.

old estonian

why not, suggest me some good italian tunes :)

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