Hollandi sulane
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: The dairyman's farmhand (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud ühiskondlikest vahekordadest (songs about social relations) › Peremees ja sulane |
|---|---|
| Poems | 344 |
| Verses | 7,896 |
| Collection places | 96 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Gustav Seen · Hans Siimer · Helene Maasen-Varik · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Jakob Jagomann · Tõnu Wiedemann (Võimula) |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
ERlA 1532, väga arvukate üleskirjutustega esindatud, ülemaaliselt tuntud laulutüüp. Esineb kolmes redaktsioonis: A — üldlevinud, kõige populaarsem; B — esineb arvukamalt eL (eelkõige Tartu- ja Võrumaal), eP aga harva; C — tuleb väga harva ette, siiski laial alal noteeritud (Vai, Kad,
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.
- Suure-Jaani (17)
- Viljandi (12)
- Kolga-Jaani (10)
- Märjamaa (10)
- Tõstamaa (10)
- Palamuse (9)
- Kuusalu (8)
- Otepää (8)
- Paistu (8)
- Põltsamaa (8)
- Tarvastu (8)
- Helme (7)
- Mustjala (7)
- Urvaste (7)
- Vigala (7)
- Väike-Maarja (7)
- Haljala (6)
- Jõhvi (6)
- Kose (6)
- Laiuse (6)
- Muhu (6)
- Pilistvere (6)
- Räpina (6)
- Saarde (6)
- Türi (6)
- Viljandi l. (6)
- välismaa (6)
- Halliste (5)
- Hanila (5)
- Puhja (5)
- Rannu (5)
- Rõngu (5)
- Simuna (5)
- Tartu (5)
- Vändra (5)
- Ambla (4)
- Hageri (4)
- Iisaku (4)
- Järva-Madise (4)
- Koeru (4)
- Kullamaa (4)
- Sangaste (4)
- Tallinn (4)
- Audru (3)
- Harju-Jaani (3)
- Jõelähtme (3)
- Kaarma (3)
- Kadrina (3)
- Karja (3)
- Kursi (3)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (3)
- Paide (3)
- Peetri (3)
- Rakvere (3)
- Rapla (3)
- Setumaa (3)
- Vaivara (3)
- Viru-Nigula (3)
- Võnnu (3)
- Äksi (3)
…and 36 more places
- Anna (2)
- Jaani (2)
- Jüri (2)
- Kanepi (2)
- Karksi (2)
- Kihelkonna (2)
- Kihnu (2)
- Lüganuse (2)
- Nissi (2)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (2)
- Pöide (2)
- Risti (2)
- Tartu-Maarja (2)
- Tori (2)
- Torma (2)
- Viljandimaa (2)
- Anseküla (1)
- Hargla (1)
- Harjumaa (1)
- Häädemeeste (1)
- Juuru (1)
- Jämaja (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
- Kambja (1)
- Karula (1)
- Kodavere (1)
- Kärla (1)
- Läänemaa (1)
- Narva l. (1)
- Põlva (1)
- Ridala (1)
- Rõuge (1)
- Saaremaa (1)
- Varbla (1)
- Viru-Jaagupi (1)
- Võru l. (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 12 |
| 1880s | 71 |
| 1890s | 108 |
| 1900s | 31 |
| 1910s | 21 |
| 1920s | 45 |
| 1930s | 30 |
| 1940s | 2 |
| year not recorded | 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.
- Olin orjas, käisin karjas E 77218/9 (2) — Suure-Jaani
- Olin mina orja, käisin karjas E 8583/4 (2) — Viljandi
- Olin aga orjas käisin karjas E 47514 (10) — Kolga-Jaani
- Olin mina orjas, käisin karjas ERA I 3, 602 (28) — Märjamaa
- Olin orjas, käisin karjas, E, StK 3, 22 (4) — Tõstamaa
- Olin ma orjas käisin karjas E 46730 (3) — Palamuse
- Tienisin minä peremiest, E 12792/3 (2) — Kuusalu
- Olli mina orjas E 26556 — Otepää
- Olin orjas käisin karjas ERA II 285, 121/2 (55) — Paistu
- Olin orjas, käisin karjas E 57193/5 — Põltsamaa
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 |
|---|---|
| Sundija sulane | 9 |
| Põgenemas | 6 |
| Neiu linn | 5 |
| Kari kadunud | 4 |
| Öösel üksi | 4 |
| Orja palk | 3 |
| Imed | 3 |
| Imelik maja | 3 |
| Kass kaevus | 3 |
| Põlvist põdema | 2 |
| Tõbine naine | 2 |
| Haned kadunud | 2 |
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.
- Sundija sulane (The foreman's farmhand)
- Mitmesugune palk (Various wages)
- Noormees (Young Man)
- Sundija sulane põgenemas (Forced farmhand on the run)
- Sulase palk (The Farmhand's Wages)
- Karjase palk (Shepherd's wage)
- Tütre palk (The Daughter's Wages)
- Koertetapja (Dog killer)
- Imelik maja (The strange house)
- Neiu linn (Maiden's town)
- Suus sulatab raua (Melting iron in the mouth)
- Palgamaksmise mäng (Wage-paying game)
- Palgamaksmine (Paying Wages)
- Põgenemas (Fleeing)
- Orja palk (The servant's wage)
- Palvelin talonpoikaa vuoteni täyteen (I served the farmer a full year)SKVR type
- Tilluke teomees (The little corvée worker)
- Imekasukas (Miraculous fur coat)
- Laupäeval pääseb mõisast (Saturday Freedom from the Manor)
- Tiigike (Little pond)
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Sources: the type’s name, filing and description come from the type index of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database; the counts, places, decades and collectors are counted from the poems on RunoVerse.