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Hiiu Kannel

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1. PRIODI – (to marry/combine)
A tune by Martin and an Estonian wedding march.

2. MAAGILINE HEWL (magical road)
Walking in the forest and finding gold in the creator’s footsteps. The song is called Maarja Kuld and it is followed by a 6-string kannel tune, Targa Rehealune.

3. BUGAIL KAUGEL (shepherd is far)
First an Estonian horn tune, then a cow calling song. After the song are two welsh song melodies about making love.

4. LANGEVAD DAIL (falling leaves)
Bowed harp flatfoot waltzes from Sille, Vormsi island and Wales.

5. CRAS LEIB (hard bread)
An Estonian shepherd song. A little girl complains about how bad her mistress is, who gives her hard bread when she is going to work and no food when she comes home. After that Welsh tune called Edward’s Grip.

6. ANNWYL KARJANE (dear shepherd)
First a choral song from Vormsi island, previously called Hiiu island, the home of the hiiu kannel. Then two shepherd/ orphan songs:
"Roll away the sun as fast as you can/ Stepmother's switch is painful, oh poor me!/ I was sent to the forest in the morning, before it was light/ A shepherd`s rod was placed under my arm/ If my own parents had been alive, they would have given me a bit of milk and food."
The last tune is a setting of Glanbargoed.

7. CANU`R KIIK (song of the swing)
"Thicken, thicken precious cream/ Splish-splash, butter whisk! / Come from the sky, get in the butter/ Fun for children to dance around, while eating their fresh baked bread and butter…"
First a Welsh tune called Yr Asin. Then an Estonian swinging song in which the swing is speaking to a maiden. It asks when the girl will be married but she replies that the swing must wait, her brothers must be married before she will be.

8. DYDD PULMA (wedding day)
Two Estonian bowed- harp wedding marches.

9. GWYR VALSS (Gower waltz)
First a tune by Sille, inspired by a trip to Norway. Second a tune by Martin inspired by the place where he lives.

10. LLATAI (messenger)
A Welsh song where a blackbird carries a message to a lover. A tune by Martin on the anniversary of the death of a friend.

11. HELA VANAEMA (looking for grandmother)
Sille’s uncle tells her that grandmother is in the sauna and expresses surprise that Sille is still in Wales. Two bagpipe tunes from Wales follow.