Tuu, tuu, tupakkarulla
Key: D minor~64 BPMGuitar & Piano chordsTraditional · Finland
Tuu, tuu, tupakkarulla Lyrics. A classic Finnish lullaby with a sweet, reassuring melody, sung to children across Finland for generations. Here you will find the full lyrics, English translation, meaning, and chords for guitar and piano.
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Lyrics & chords
The original Finnish words, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
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Traditional verse
Dm A
Tuu, tuu, tupakkarulla,
Dm A Dm
mistä saapi unta tulla?
Dm A Dm
Tulee tuolta tunturilta,
A Dm
pienen pojan poskiltamme.
In English
What the words mean
“Tuu, tuu, little swaddled bundle, where will sleep come from? It comes from the fells over there, down onto our little boy’s cheeks.”
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Chords — guitar & piano
Dm
Guitar
Piano
A
Guitar
Piano
Good to know
What “Tuu, tuu, tupakkarulla” Means
One of the oldest lullabies in the Finnish folk tradition. The odd-sounding “tupakkarulla” pictures a baby wrapped into a small, round bundle. The song asks where sleep will come from and answers with the tunturi — the northern fells — as if drowsiness itself drifts down from the Lapland hills onto the child’s cheeks.
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- A traditional song. It comes from oral tradition and has no single known author. We credit the tradition and its country.
- Recording and arrangement: real instruments played by hand, no AI music, by Relax In No Time.
- Chords: written by us for guitar and piano.
- Translation: our own meaning-for-meaning translation, written for understanding. The sung words stay in the original language.
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