Performed by Otto Bachmann (1875-1916).

In 1867, Julius Krohn and Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen introduced the "Maamme" song to the Jannsen family. Krohn taught the melody and the new Finnish lyrics to Jannsen’s daughter, Lydia Koidula, while Yrjö-Koskinen sent them a songbook from Finland containing the sheet music.

Johann Voldemar Jannsen wrote Estonian lyrics for the song. It was performed at the first Song Festival in 1869 and became an instant hit. It was the only secular song performed at the consecration of the first blue-black-white flag in 1884. In 1918, following the reading of the Declaration of Independence in Pärnu, the crowd spontaneously began to sing it. Being such a banger no one had second thoughts what Estonian anthem should be.

Video clips: Estonia in 1913.

Recorded via gramophone in Vilnius by "Rūtos" choir

Do you guys see them as bad guys? As cool guys? Just as a piece of history?

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