Aa aa akkani kuoli - saisin toisen
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Aa aa, my wife died — I could get another (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Lastenrunot (children's songs) › Viihdytyslaulut ja -lorut |
|---|---|
| Poems | 108 |
| Verses | 397 |
| Collection places | 54 |
| Collected | 1850s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Aukusti Salo · Eemeli Vihervaara · Esko Aaltonen · T. Renlund · Veikko Ruoppila · Reino Ollila · M. Leander · Niilo Vallenius · Anni Husu · Osku Velho |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Aa aa akkani kuoli. Useimmiten jatkuu: Saisin toisen, mutten huoli tai/ja Ei ole varaa toista naida. Myös satunnaisia lisäaihelmia, esim.: Saisin Saksan suomalaisen, saisin ryssän ruotsalaisen; Sill on sääret suorat niinkuin rukin puolat; Olen liian nuori, olen kylän tottomuori; Ei ole varaa toista tuoda eikä toista maahan viedä; Annetaan olla [hautaamatta] uutiseen asti, käsketään vieraita runsaammin; Pirttini poltin, pässini tapoin, jolla mä akkani hautaan saatoin; Ei sulla raukalla rahaa, sun kuivi kukkarosi, kissan nahkanen kitisi, koirannahkanen kovettu; Kaks on lasta kaulassani, kolmas kontin kielen alla jne., vrt. Kaks oli karjas.
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.
- Hattula (12)
- Hauho (7)
- Tammela (7)
- Tyrväntö (6)
- Sammatti (5)
- Vihti (5)
- Mäntsälä (4)
- Pusula (4)
- Loppi (3)
- Luopioinen (3)
- Kalvola (2)
- Kymi (2)
- Porvoo mlk (2)
- Pukkila (2)
- Pyhäjärvi Ul (2)
- Pöytyä (2)
- Sääksmäki (2)
- Tuulos (2)
- Alastaro (1)
- Asikkala (1)
- Askola (1)
- Aura (1)
- Hausjärvi (1)
- Humppila (1)
- Hämeenlinna (1)
- Inkoo (1)
- Janakkala (1)
- Jokioinen (1)
- Kangasniemi (1)
- Karinainen (1)
- Kiikala (1)
- Kirkkonummi (1)
- Kivijärvi (1)
- Kullaa (1)
- Kuorevesi (1)
- Lemi (1)
- Lempäälä (1)
- Lohja (1)
- Narvusi (1)
- Noormarkku (1)
- Nummi (1)
- Nurmijärvi (1)
- Polvijärvi (1)
- Porvoo (1)
- Pälkäne (1)
- Saarijärvi (1)
- Somerniemi (1)
- Somero (1)
- Suomusjärvi (1)
- Sysmä (1)
- Tampere (1)
- Tuusula (1)
- Uskela (1)
- Vanaja (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1850s | 1 |
| 1880s | 3 |
| 1900s | 5 |
| 1910s | 71 |
| 1920s | 5 |
| 1930s | 23 |
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.
- Aa aa akka kuoli, SKVR IX1 3205. — Hattula
- Aa aa akka kuoli, SKVR IX1 3341. — Hauho
- Aa aa akkanin kuali, SKVR IX1 3195. — Tammela
- Aa aa akkan kuali SKVR IX1 3202. — Tyrväntö
- Aa aa akkani kuali SKVR XIV 1010. — Sammatti
- Aa aa akkani kuali SKVR XIV 996. — Vihti
- Heijaa, heijaa Heikin Maijaa, SKVR XIV 473. — Mäntsälä
- Aa, aa akkani kuoli SKVR XIV 1006. — Pusula
- Aa aa akkani kuoli, SKVR IX1 3331. — Loppi
- Aa aa akkan' kuoli SKVR IX1 3350. — Luopioinen
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 - kuka näki, hautasi | 8 |
| Miu, mau, Martti kuoli | 6 |
| Eläimet hautaajina | 5 |
| Eläinten pidot | 3 |
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.
- Aa aa akkani kuoli - kuka näki, hautasi (Aa aa, my wife died — who saw it, buried her)
- Eläimet hautaajina (Animals as Gravediggers)
- Miu, mau, Martti kuoli (Miu, mau (meow), Martti (Martin) died)
- Eläinten pidot (Animals' feast)
- Aa aa akkerin Maija (Lullaby for Akkeri's Maija)
- Kissa kuoli kiireellä ajalla (The cat died in the busy season)
- Körö körö kirkkoon/tätilään/Huittisiin - kestitys (Körö körö riding song — hospitality)
- Heijaa teijaa saavia nuijaa (Heijaa teijaa (bucket and club song))
- Tuu, tuu, tupakkirulla (Tuu, tuu, tobacco roll (lullaby))
- Turku paloi tuppinensa (Turku burned to the ground)
- Koi (Gnawing-disease charm)
- Jos minä kirpun kiinni saisin, kestin valmistaisin (If I could catch a flea, I'd prepare a feast)
- Mitä huolin piika nuori, kyllä muoto muita tuopi (Why fret, young maid — my looks bring others)
- Tuostapa käy poikain polku (There goes the boys' path)
- Huroo loikinaa, ämmä kuoli taikinaan (Huroo loikinaa (refrain), the old woman died in the dough)
- Muori on mustan mullan alla (Old Woman Under the Black Earth)
- Neiu igatseb meest (Maiden yearns for a man)ERAB type
- Pelto on mulla pienoinen (My field is small)
- Poukuri poloinen poika (Poukuri the Pitiful Boy)
- Ii, mii, Mikko kulta - akka kuoli? (Ii, mii, dear Mikko — did the old wife die?)
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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.