Aa aa akkani kuoli - kuka näki, hautasi
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Aa aa, my wife died — who saw it, buried her (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Lastenrunot (children's songs) › Viihdytyslaulut ja -lorut |
|---|---|
| Poems | 124 |
| Verses | 977 |
| Collection places | 62 |
| Collected | 1850s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Perä-Pohjolan ja Lapin Kotiseutuyhdistys · Eemeli Vihervaara · Esko Aaltonen · Aukusti Salo · Toini Kantele · Lyyli Kujonpää · Väinö Kallio · E. Kullaa · Vihtori Pakula · Väinö Virtanen |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Johdantosäkeenä yleensä: Aa aa akkani kuoli. Satunnaisesti: Miu mau Mikko kuoli; Kissa kuoli; Ii mii, Mikko kulta. Seuraa kysymys-vastaussarja: Minne se kuoli? - Kuokkalan tms. koskeen/puotiin. Kuka sen näki? - Kuokkalan/Alitalon tms. väki. Kuka sen hautasi ja/tai siunasi? - Hallin Matti/Hautalan Matti/Kissan pappi/Sakkalan Maija tms. - Kuka sen veisasi? - Prunkkalan pappi/kivikirkon pappi/Simunan Matti/Vekkulin täti tms. Muita (harv.) kysymyksiä: Kuka saarnasi/ripitti/soitti/räiskäs? - Dialogi voi olla myös Aa aa akkani kuoli - saisin toisen -aihelman jatkeena.
Where it was collected
Collection places of the poems, with the number of poems of this type from each. A place may be where the song was written down or where the singer came from.
- Alatornio (18)
- Tammela (8)
- Kemi (7)
- Tyrvää (7)
- Loppi (4)
- Jokioinen (3)
- Kemijärvi (3)
- Kokemäki (3)
- Noormarkku (3)
- Pirkkala (3)
- Sodankylä (3)
- Turtola (3)
- Hattula (2)
- Kangasala (2)
- Pöytyä (2)
- Rovaniemi (2)
- Somero (2)
- Teuva (2)
- Tornio (2)
- Ulvila (2)
- Vihti (2)
- Alastaro (1)
- Eura (1)
- Hausjärvi (1)
- Honkajoki (1)
- Huittinen (1)
- Humppila (1)
- Janakkala (1)
- Kalajoki (1)
- Kankaanpää (1)
- Kiikka (1)
- Kiiminki (1)
- Kontiolahti (1)
- Korpilahti (1)
- Kuhmalahti (1)
- Kärkölä (1)
- Lavia (1)
- Lemi (1)
- Lempäälä (1)
- Luopioinen (1)
- Längelmäki (1)
- Merikarvia (1)
- Mouhijärvi (1)
- Muonio (1)
- Mäntsälä (1)
- Mäntyharju (1)
- Nastola (1)
- Nurmes (1)
- Nurmijärvi (1)
- Orivesi (1)
- Pusula (1)
- Pyhäjärvi Ul (1)
- Pälkäne (1)
- Ruovesi (1)
- Rusko (1)
- Saari (1)
- Suodenniemi (1)
- Suoniemi (1)
- Säkkijärvi (1)
- Tervola (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1850s | 1 |
| 1880s | 8 |
| 1890s | 5 |
| 1900s | 18 |
| 1910s | 73 |
| 1920s | 13 |
| 1930s | 6 |
Example poems
The opening verse of one poem from each of the ten places with the most poems of this type: the first such poem in the archive’s order. Each links to the whole poem. A poem can be filed under several types, so its opening verse may belong to another song.
- Aijai, akkani kuoli. SKVR XII1 3297. — Alatornio
- "Aa, aa akkanin kuali, SKVR IX1 3292. — Tammela
- Ai, jai, jai, jai, akkani kuoli. SKVR XII1 3316. — Kemi
- A a a a akkani kuoli. SKVR X1 356. — Tyrvää
- Aa aa akkani kuoli, SKVR IX1 3331. — Loppi
- aa aa akkani kuoli SKVR IX1 3287. — Jokioinen
- Ii, mii, Mikko kulta, SKVR XII1 2716. — Kemijärvi
- Aa aa akkani kuoli. SKVR X1 352. — Kokemäki
- Aa aa akkani kuoli! SKVR X1 346. — Noormarkku
- Aa aa akkani kuoli. SKVR X1 370. — Pirkkala
Other types the same poems are filed under
The archive can file one poem under several types. These are the types most often given to poems of this type, with the number of poems they share.
| Type | Poems in common |
|---|---|
| Aa aa akkani kuoli - saisin toisen | 8 |
| Miu, mau, Martti kuoli | 7 |
Content-based similar types
Several methods each rank the song types whose poems resemble this type's poems; the combined ranking merges their lists. The first 20 are listed here.
- Ii, mii, Mikko kulta - akka kuoli? (Ii, mii, dear Mikko — did the old wife die?)
- Aa aa akkani kuoli - saisin toisen (Aa aa, my wife died — I could get another)
- Eläimet hautaajina (Animals as Gravediggers)
- Miu, mau, Martti kuoli (Miu, mau (meow), Martti (Martin) died)
- Kissa kuoli kiireellä ajalla (The cat died in the busy season)
- Eläinten pidot (Animals' feast)
- Mikko
- Piu pau papinkello (Ding dong church bell)
- Puiden ja lintujen pyytäminen (Calling trees and birds)
- Pikku Pekka pikkarainen (Little tiny Pekka)
- Ii, mii, tunter mii (Ii, mii, tunter mii (nonsense refrain))
- Anna mulle voita leipää (Give me butter and bread)
- Miu, mau mikotinta (Miu, mau mikotinta (nonsense refrain))
- Heijaa teijaa saavia nuijaa (Heijaa teijaa (bucket and club song))
- Viikon päivät ja työt (Days of the Week and Their Tasks)
- Käärmeen sanat (Snake charm)
- Härkämies (Ox man)
- Mitä huolin piika nuori, kyllä muoto muita tuopi (Why fret, young maid — my looks bring others)
- Pannaanko piippuun? - Pannaan vaan (Shall we put it in the pipe? Let's just put it in)
- Sikker, kikker (Sikker, kikker (nonsense refrain))
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Sources: the type’s name, filing and description come from the SKVR type index of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS); the counts, places, decades and collectors are counted from the poems on RunoVerse.