Varpunen Jouluaamuna (The Sparrow on Christmas Morning)

For Lever Harp

OTTO KOTILAINEN
Arr. J. Lanier

Key of E Minor
Arrangement is for more advanced harpists because of the lever changes.
Lever changes on C#, Bb, and D#
See excerpts of the arrangement below.

This loved Finnish Christmas carol originated with a Swedish poem written in 1859 by the Finnish poet Zacharia Topelius. He wrote the poem while grieving the death of his young son. The poem was later translated into Finnish by Konrad Alexis Houghberg. More people became familiar with the poem when Otto Kotilainen wrote the musical setting for it in 1913.

The story of the song is about a young girl on Christmas morning looking out her door and watching a cold, hungry sparrow looking for food. She offers the sparrow seed who eagerly accepts it.

The underlying meaning of the song is that the sparrow represents a messenger or spirit from heaven of the little girl's deceased brother.

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