'Maantie on kova kävellä' - Finnish Soldier Song

Juusto

[Ulfur]

I knew it was this song when I heard it in Das Finale 4. For some reason I thought it was Uraliin at first

[karhu]

While I appreciate the thought, this song is either from the 19th century or from the very start of the 20th century. It's not a "Winter War" song.
This is more apparent in the complete version of this song, which has several extra stanzas. There you can find really archaic loanwords like "pajunetti" from the Swedish word "bajonett" (bayonet).

There were no "crown troops" in Finland after 1917. In the case of this song, the people they are singing about are either people drafted by the Swedish before 1809, Finnish volunteers to the Finnish Guards Rifle Battalion (you were considered "asevelvollinen", "obligated to bear arms" if you volunteered) or people drafted between 1902 and 1904 by Russia into the Russian military as a part of their russification campaign.

In addition, "välskäri" does not mean "flashlight" but rather a field-surgeon. It's loaned from the swedish term "fältskär", field surgery.

[karjalane]

Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää, Suomi!/happy independence day, Finland! 🇫🇮
(proud to be a finn)
thank you for this ingen!

[jocsterplayz]

Soviet Union: "I fear no man, but those things"
*Points at the Finnish Conscripts*
"It scares me."

[-socialcredit]

"The rifle is heavy to carry"

I mean, can you blame them? Their gigantic balls were already weighing them down, so why add more?

[semweerts]

I can't stop listening to these old marching songs your doing great work

[ugricpatriot]

I am a simple Hungarian,
I see Finland I click like.

[justoliver]

Happy Independence Day Finland 🇫🇮

Nice that my Birthday shares Finland’s independence day…

[orionplays]

Happy Independence Day Finland from Greece and a lot of love to Finnish poeple and support Finland from Greece 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇫🇮 and protect the freedom of Finnish poeple

[patheticduck]

Happy independence day, Finland!
Rakkautta Unkarista!
🇭🇺❤🇫🇮

[rubenherreraaguirre]

I just did a project about Finland last week 🇲🇽🤝🇫🇮

[norwaymapping]

Happy birthday finland! Love from norway. 🇧🇻❤🇫🇮. Eläköön Soumi!

[nguyenviet]

Best timing lmao
Happy Independence Day, Finland!
🇻🇳🤝🇫🇮

[ReichArgentina]

Happy independence of Finland!! 🇫🇮🇫🇮 Simo häyhä is the heroe of Finland.

[newzealand-fiji-taiwan-jap]

Stand together team with Finland happy independence day!
From 💪🇹🇼🇯🇵🇰🇷🇫🇮💪

[warsharkproductions]

The song you sing when your children are safe, the enemy's at your door, and you stand alongside men fighting for their homeland to their final breath.

[angelsmagick]

Happy Holidays to you all! I'm grateful for the content that you bring us, blessings, Maggie

[Lyx]

Finnish songs are amazing and hello from Estonia

[CliffBurton-pyjc]

That's funny, I was listening to "Njett Molotoff" yesterday for the first time and then a few hours later you drop this banger. Nice.

[ratpeejuice]

Happy Independence Day Finland! And finnish songs from 1918 to 1940s are best. Hyvaa itsennaisyyspaivaa, Suomi! From Singapore 🇸🇬🇫🇮 Finnish Songs do be epic