Aa aa allin lasta
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Lullaby for the duck's child (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Erilaisissa tilanteissa (songs for various occasions) › Kehtolaulut |
|---|---|
| Poems | 173 |
| Verses | 725 |
| Collection places | 92 |
| Collected | 1880s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Perä-Pohjolan ja Lapin Kotiseutuyhdistys · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · Toini Kohvakka · Samuli Paulaharju · Sulo Haltsonen · Ulla Mannonen · Olavi Pennanen · Esko Aaltonen · Lauri Laiho · T. Renlund |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Jakaantuu kahteen versioon: "Aa aa allin lasta, pientä linnun poikaa, pieni lintu siivillänsä (nokallansa) poikiansa hoitaa" sekä "Aa aa allin lasta, pientä linnun poikaa, ei oo isää, ei oo äitiä, joka lasta hoitaa". Alueellista painottumista eri versioiden välillä ei juuri esiinny.
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.
- Koivisto (9)
- Kirvu (7)
- Rovaniemi (7)
- Kemi (6)
- Rautu (6)
- Lappee (5)
- Vuoksenranta (5)
- Mäntyharju (4)
- Nurmes (4)
- Pieksämäki (4)
- Vihti (4)
- Asikkala (3)
- Impilahti (3)
- Kangasniemi (3)
- Kiuruvesi (3)
- Kivennapa (3)
- Kymi (3)
- Lemi (3)
- Luumäki (3)
- Anjala (2)
- Antrea (2)
- Hiitola (2)
- Jääski (2)
- Kaavi (2)
- Kontiolahti (2)
- Laatokan Karjala (Raja-Karjala) (2)
- Muonio (2)
- Pielavesi (2)
- Polvijärvi (2)
- Puumala (2)
- Rautalampi (2)
- Sammatti (2)
- Sodankylä (2)
- Taipalsaari (2)
- Anttola (1)
- Enonkoski (1)
- Hartola (1)
- Hausjärvi (1)
- Heinävesi (1)
- Inkoo (1)
- Joutseno (1)
- Juuka (1)
- Juva (1)
- Jäppilä (1)
- Kajaani (1)
- Kangasala (1)
- Kaukola (1)
- Kemijärvi (1)
- Kesälahti (1)
- Kittilä (1)
- Kuopio (1)
- Kuopio mlk (1)
- Kurkijoki (1)
- Kuusjärvi (1)
- Lapinjärvi (1)
- Loppi (1)
- Luhanka (1)
- Maaninka (1)
- Metsäpirtti (1)
- Muolaa (1)
…and 32 more places
- Nummi (1)
- Nurmijärvi (1)
- Peräpohjola (1)
- Piippola (1)
- Pusula (1)
- Pyhäjärvi Ul (1)
- Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (1)
- Ruokolahti (1)
- Ruskeala (1)
- Räisälä (1)
- Rääkkylä (1)
- Saari (1)
- Saarijärvi (1)
- Simo (1)
- Sotkamo (1)
- Sulkava (1)
- Suursaari (1)
- Tampere (1)
- Tornio (1)
- Tuulos (1)
- Tuusula (1)
- Tytärsaari (1)
- Töysä (1)
- Uskela (1)
- Uukuniemi (1)
- Uurainen (1)
- Uusikirkko Vpl. (1)
- Vahviala (1)
- Valtimo (1)
- Vieremä (1)
- Viitasaari (1)
- Virtasalmi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 4 |
| 1890s | 16 |
| 1900s | 13 |
| 1910s | 52 |
| 1920s | 18 |
| 1930s | 69 |
| year not recorded | 1 |
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 allenlasta, SKVR XIII2 5035. — Koivisto
- Aa aa allin lasta, SKVR XIII2 5042. — Kirvu
- Piis, piis, pikkusta lasta, SKVR XII1 465. — Rovaniemi
- Aa, aa, aa allin lasta, SKVR XII1 460. — Kemi
- Aa, aa, allin lasta, SKVR XIII2 5032. — Rautu
- Aa, aa allin poika, SKVR VI2 6578. — Lappee
- Aa-aa allin poika, SKVR XIII2 5045. — Vuoksenranta
- Aa, aa, allin lasta, SKVR VI1 971. — Mäntyharju
- Aa, aa, alliaiń, SKVR VII2 3349. — Nurmes
- Aa, aa, allin poika, SKVR VI1 1286. — Pieksämäki
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 |
|---|---|
| Tiiri liiri linnun poika, missä linnulla pesä | 5 |
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.
- Tiiri liiri linnun poika, missä linnulla pesä (Tiiri liiri, bird's chick — where is the bird's nest)
- Anna
- Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu (Sleep, sleep, meadow bird (lullaby))
- Antti (Andrew)
- Asso
- Joulun tulo (The coming of Christmas)
- Aa aa allikka (Lullaby: aa aa allikka)
- Eläinten häät (Animals' Wedding)
- Tuuli luuli lumi suli (The wind thought, the snow melted)
- Tuuti lasta kaakun eestä (Rock the child for a cake)
- Allin, lallin, Lassin Maija (Allin, lallin (lullaby refrain), Lassi's Maija)
- Aa aa allia, Alli keittää velliä (Aa aa (lullaby), Alli cooks the gruel)
- Mikä lapsella lienee (What ails the child)
- Sorsa soitti kanteletta (The Duck Played the Kantele)
- Kallio kaukana metsässä (A rock far in the forest)
- Niin sano suutarpojat - lähdemme häihin (The cobbler boys say: we're off to the wedding)
- Vaihdoit sorjat silmäsi kierosilmiiin (You Traded Your Fine Eyes for Squinting Ones)
- Alahalla allin mieli (The long-tailed duck's longing in the depths)
- Kettu lapsiansa (The fox and her children)
- Aa aa akkelee, kuka lasta nakkelee (Aa, aa, akkelee (lullaby), who dandles the child)
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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.