Petteri Punakuono

Petteri Punakuono is the Finnish version of the English Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer is a fictional reindeer with a glowing red nose. He is popularly known as "Santa's 9th Reindeer" and, when depicted, is the lead reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. The luminosity of his nose is so great that it illuminates the team's path through...

. The Finnish lyrics are as follows:

Muistat Tuhkimon, Lumikin, Ruususen varmaan

ja Punahilkan ja sudenkin harmaan,

mutta poro tää sulta usein unhohon jää.

Petteri Punakuono oli poro nimeltään,

ollut ei loiste huono Petterimme nenänpään.

Haukkuivat toiset illoin majakaksi pilkaten.

Tuosta vain saikin silloin joulupukki aattehen:

Aattoilta pitkä on, taival valoton.

Petteri vois nenässään valon tuoda pimeään!

Petteri siitä asti pulkkaa pukin kiskoen

johtaa sen riemuisasti luokse lasten kilttien.

English literal translation

You remember Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty,
Little Red Riding hood, and the grey wolf,
but this reindeer is often forgotten.

Peter Rednose was the name of the reindeer.
It wasn't a bad glare from the tip of our Peter's nose.
At evenings others disparged him mocking as a lighthouse,
but from that Santa Claus got an idea.
The Christmas Eve night is long, the journey is out of light.
Peter in his nose could bring light to the darkness.

From that time on Peter has pulled Santa's sleigh
leading it cheerfully to nice children all around.

http://www.sky-video.fi/videot/2001/11/keskikoot/Petteri_Punakuono.jpeg

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