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Monday 3 July 2023

No, Molotov - Tatu Pekkarinen

Finlandia, Finlandia,
that’s where the Ivans were heading again.
When Molotov promised: "Yes, everything will go fine,
tomorrow we'll already be eating ice-cream in Helsinki.”
No Molotov, no Molotov
you told more lies than Bobrikov himself.
 
Finlandia, Finlandia,
The Mannerheim line was a harsh obstacle.
When artillery began firing from Karelia,
many Ivans stopped their babbling
No Molotov, no Molotov
you told more lies than Bobrikov himself.
 
Finlandia, Finlandia,
the invincible Red Army is afraid of it.
And Molotov said: "Well look at that,
the Chukhnas are coming at our throats!"
No Molotov, no Molotov
you told more lies than Bobrikov himself.
 
Behind the Urals, behind the Urals,
is the cottage of Molotov.
People like Stalin and other cheaters are let to visit it,
including politruks, commissars and crooks from Petrozavodsk.
No Molotov, no Molotov
you told more lies than Bobrikov himself.

Tatu Pekkarinen (1892 - 1951) Finland
Translated by Mikko
  • Niet Molotoff is a Finnish propaganda song composed during the Winter War (Nov 1939 - Feb 1940) to mock the Soviet invaders. It was composed by Matti Jurva and the lyrics were written by Tatu Pekkarinen.
  • Nikolay Ivanovich Bobrikov was a Russian general and politician, the Governor-General of Finland and the Finnish Military District from 1898 until his death inj 1904, and was responsible for the Russification of Finland. 
  • Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov was a Russian and later Soviet politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik, and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s onward. On 23 August 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. It included a secret protocol to divide Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania, with Finland falling into the Soviet sphere.
  • Chukhnas - a derogatory term for Finns used by Russian soldiers.

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