Well, mayamoo has a made a mistake in the translation - põder, in Estonian is nothing else than a moose/elk. Põhjapõder, however, would be a reindeer.
Since it is an Estonian folk song, having a reindeer in the lyrics would not make any sense, since reindeer need a little more cold climate for living than we have in Estonia. But, we have plenty of rabbits and elks/moose running around in the woods :)
Well, mayamoo has a made a mistake in the translation - põder, in Estonian is nothing else than a moose/elk. Põhjapõder, however, would be a reindeer.
Since it is an Estonian folk song, having a reindeer in the lyrics would not make any sense, since reindeer need a little more cold climate for living than we have in Estonia. But, we have plenty of rabbits and elks/moose running around in the woods :)