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Description: Timo Riihonen, bass, sang convincingly "on the shores of Lake Ladoga", or in finnish "Reppurin laulu") and this brought tears to my eyes. This song by Oskar Merikanto is about Karelia, a part of Finland that was lost in war to Russia in1944. My Dad and his parents were among those who had to leave their dear Karelia.