Uraliin! [Finnish Propaganda Song] [English and Finnish lyrics]

Written by: Matti Jäppilä

Composed by: Unknown

Tiltu was a collective alias of the Soviet’s Finnish-language propaganda radio's announcers during the Winter War (1939-1940) and the Continuation War (1941-1944). Aino Lyуdia Kallio was known as the "Moscow Tiltu", Inkeri Lehtinen as the "Leningrad Tiltu" and Saimi Maria Virtanen as the "Petrozavodsk Tiltu".

Armas Äikiä worked in the Soviet’s Finnish-language propaganda radio during the Continuation War (1941-1944).

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Video from Itapirkanmaa2's channel

Info: Finnish propaganda song from 1942 and based on Im ural fiel auf s eis by Ralph E Vogl.

Lyrics:

Finnish:

1. Uraliin, taakse sen,
Juoksee vanjat kuuluu vinha läiske tossujen.
Miksi niin, Englantiin
Uskoin, Stalin huokaa hiuksiansa repien:
"Miksi Suomi kuunnellut ei Tiltua ja Äikiää,
Vaikka juttu oli soopaa sekä tarpeeks' räikiä?"
Uraliin, Uraliin
Nyt on kimpussa jo itse Suomikin.

2. Auttakaa, Iivanaa
Suomen hirmut pian sotkee koko kaalimaan
Eipä vaan, auttavan
Näy vaikka jenkit tarjoo myötätuntoaan.
Sillä japsit pistää länteen asti minkä ennättää,
Saksa liittolaisten tonnistoja ilmaan lennättää.
Uraliin, siin on työ
Vanjat juoksee, että tossut tulta lyö!

English:

1. To the Urals, behind it,
Are Russians running, the agile splash of their shoes is being heard.
Why did I believe in England,
Stalin sighs while tearing his hair out:
“Why didn’t Finland listen to Tiitu and Äikiä,
Even though the stuff was nonsense and also blatant enough?"
To the Urals, to the Urals,
Now even Finland is getting there.

2. Someone help the Ivans,
The frightening Finns are going to mess up the whole cabbage land.
But it doesn’t seem to help
Even though the Yanks are offering their sympathies.
Because the Japs are striking westwards as quickly as they can,
And Germany is blowing up Allied tonnages,
To the Urals, that’s the job
Russians run as if there was fire under their boots!