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Lemminkainen, full of joyance, / Handsome hero, Kaukomieli, / Took provisions in abundance, / Fish and butter, bread and bacon, / Hastened to the Isle of Refuge, / Sailed away across the oceans, / Spake these measures on departing:
"Fare thee well, mine Island-dwelling, / I must sail to other borders, / To an island more protective, / Till the second summer passes;