Saaremaa Waltz ( et, Saaremaa valss) is an Estonian song ( schlager) written in 1949 by

Raimond Valgre Raimond Valgre (born Raimond Tiisel; 7 October 1913 – 31 December 1949) was an Estonian composer and musician, whose songs have become some of the most well known in Estonia. During World War II, Valgre was conscripted into the Red Army and was ...

. The words of the song come from the poem ''Talgud Lööne soos'' by

Debora Vaarandi Debora Vaarandi (born Debora Trull; 1 October 1916 – 28 April 2007) was an Estonian writer, considered to be a leading literary figure in post-World War II Estonia. Many of her poems were set to music. Vaarandi was a recipient of the firs ...

Georg Ots Georg Ots (21 March 1920 – 5 September 1975) was an Estonian singer, actor and People's Artist of the USSR (1960). Biography Before studying singing with the Estonian baritone Aleksander Rahnel in Yaroslavl in the rear of the Eastern Fro ...

recorded a version in 1950. The song is popular also in Finland. The Finnish lyrics were written by Ilkka Kortesniemi.

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Georg Ots is singing the song
ERR.ee Estonian songs {{estonia-stub