Foreign kids show?

[ann22]

Does anyone out there remember a kids drama that used to be on in the mornings years ago (must've been in school hol time) set in Finland or somewhere snowy about a wee chap with blonde hair? There may have been subtitles in it actually. There was a distinctive theme tune to it with the wee fella singing a song that sounded like he was singing 'hoyaw hoyaw hoyaw hoyaw yaw yaw yo'. No one in the world seems to recall it except me.

[sixtyten]

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Mika

[ann22]

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Thanks Sixtyten, I looked for it on Youtube, no luck unfortunately. I remember someone at the back of my class singing the theme tune and the teacher going mad...'Who's that 'hoy yaw yawin''!!'

[ann22]

Foreign (Finnish?) kids tv series

Does anyone remember this? Its not Mika.. The main character was a little blonde boy, I've Finland in my head but I could be mistaken, there was a lot of snow. It was mid 70s. It had a very catchy theme tune (pity I can't type it) and It was sung by a child and it sounded like 'hoya hoya hoya hoya yaw yaw yo'. A girl in my class got into trouble for singing it during class .

[moonvisage]

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The Boy From Lapland?



and here is a link to The Boy from Lapland.This series had a Sami Joik song as it's theme tune.It sort of went: '' Loi La La Loi La La Loi La La Loi La La Loi Loi Loi. ''.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0231157/


The series was called: Ante in Norway.I think it aired here in the UK in 1977.

[moonvisage]

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Here is a picture of the child star: Sverre Porsanger When he appeared in The Boy from Lapland.



I remember someone getting told off in class singing that theme song aswell,when i was in school.One guy hated the programme,because he looked just like Sverre Porsanger,and everyone kept saying how they hated the ugly little boy in the programme.

[ann22]

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Thanks so much Moonvisage, it must be The Boy from Lapland as I know I was in 3rd class, so that would make it '77. I'm nearly sure that's the wee fella in the photo. The tune I described could well have been the chorus, it must've been 'loi la loi la loi la loi la loi loi low'.
I have a particular memory of my mother giving me Readybrek with orange juice mixed into it. Yuck!! Someone must've told her orange juice was healthy with a cereal in the morning and she misunderstood. I was tearfully sitting over this bowl of grossness watching that programme. She made me eat it!!!

[moonvisage]

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That breakfast sounds awful Ann.I'm glad i didn't have to eat that.
I am unsure if i have spelt the Joik/Yoik song words correctly,but here is a basic video clip of a Sami person singing one.He does seem to be saying Loi loi Yoi,to me.

[ann22]

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It sounded like those kind of words but a different tune. Very catchy tune, mad the way it stuck in my head. Like that Heidi series, remember that? I've never forgotten the tune of it either.

[siviboy]

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I found this after some searching: http://www.nrk.no/p3tv/ante/
Enjoy!

[ann22]

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Oh my God..that's it!!!!!! How did you manage to find it Siviboy?.. I can't believe it! Thanks a million. I feel all emotional now.

[siviboy]

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Oh my God..that's it!!!!!! How did you manage to find it Siviboy?.. I can't believe it! Thanks a million. I feel all emotional now.

This series is the earliest childrens-TV program I can remember from the seventies.
The song is the first i learned myself, and I was searching for it so I could play it for my 3 years old son.
I actually have a T-shirt whith a picture of Ante, and the lyrics of the song. This is the ad from the shop in Oslo. (http://www.probat.no/ny/juksa_litt/ante/#)

[moonvisage]

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Thank you for posting that siviboy.I never realized how beautiful the voice to that song was until i just heard it again.I hope they release it on DVD one day soon.

[EnidW]

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Ah...well if it's Ante and not Mika you remember then you might be interested in our Ante page rather than our Mika Page.

http://www.itssolastcentury.co.uk/wi...php?title=Ante

[moonvisage]

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Thank you Enidw for that link,it is a delightful page to see.
I have just found another link to the boy from lapland,and guess what? They have put the lyrics to that song down ( i never thought that was possible lol ).

http://home.online.no/~groennsl/ante/

Here are the lyrics to the song,so we can all singalong to the clips now.



"Man-ne gal' gá æd-ni gán' da læt nu biv-nut-jå.
Hå-lá-lá låi-lá-lá låi-lá-lá låi-lá låi-låi-lá
Refr.
Håi - lá låi-lá-lá låi-lá-lá låi-lá-lá låi-lá låi-lái-lá
Håi - lá låi-lá-lá låi-lá-lá låi-lá-lá låi-lá låi-lái-lá
Gå dan gabb'ba bæska biddjala ja båddjelii de
dat baddjeniedat birra jåradæmen - jå refr.
Gå dan l´d'degávti biddjala jå baddjelii de
dat dálo-nieidat birra jåradæmen - jå refr.
Gå dan alit dræssa biddjala jå baddjelii de
dat riv' guniedat birra jåradæmen - jå" refr.





I do not understand the language,so i may have copied and pasted some additional words from the site.I think i have managed to avoid that though,and posted just the lyrics.