Heikki Lunta Snow Dance Song

Heikki Lunta Snow Dance Song

Ninch sang this song to us yesterday.

He has been humming it softly to himself for weeks.

He said it played on the AM Radio when he was a kid in Yooperland.

So while yearning for snow the Yooper Song should be sang aloud in your favorite watering hole. At the water cooler. Cruising with the family in the car. Definitely in the shower.

Join together with Ninch. All Hail Heikki Lunta!

David Riutta created “Heikki Lunta” (the name translates to Hank Snow in English) in 1970. When an upcoming snowmobile race hosted by the Range Snowmobile Club of Atlantic Mine, Michigan was endangered by the lack of snowfall, Riutta, a worker at WMPL in Hancock, aired the “Heikki Lunta Snowdance Song.” The song goes on to ask “Heikki Lunta,” the Finnish snow god, for snow in time for the race. According to local tales, the snow fell and fell, until there was too much. People were superstitious that Riutta’s song had caused too much snow for the race, so in response to public outcry, Riutta recorded a separate track entitled, “Heikki Lunta Go Away.” The 45 showcased each song on alternate sides.

Heikki Lunta Snow Dance Song 1970 Written by David Riutta WMPL Radio.

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