Charles Collins: Tuuti Tuuti Tummaistani

  
Tuuti, Tuuti Tummaistani sets part of a Finnish folk poem. It was collected from rural areas of Eastern Finland in the 19th century by Elias Lonnrot (1802-1884). It is found in a collection of poems called Kanteletar, the title of which refers to a young woman who sings and accompanies herself on the kantele, a Finnish folk instrument similar to a dulcimer.