Rekilaulu

Rekilaulu (Finnish "sleigh song") is a type of rhymed stanzaic folksong in Finland.

This musical form was influenced by German, Swedish, and British traditions of ballads and broadsides. The term rekilaulu may be a Finnish adaptation of the German terms Reigenlied or Reihenlied.[1]


References
  1. Finnish Music Information Centre - Suomalaisen musiikin tiedotuskeskus: Arctic Paradise — Contemporary Folk Music From Finland 2007
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