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Joulun tulo

Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus

In English: The coming of Christmas (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underErilaisissa tilanteissa (songs for various occasions) › Kalendaarilaulut
Poems126
Verses678
Collection places70
Collected1820s to 1930s
CollectorsToini Kohvakka · Laina Hänninen · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · Samuli Paulaharju · Vilho Saariluoma · Lauri Laiho · A. D. Neovius · Henrik Kouvo · Moision kansakoulu · Hilja Moisio

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.

Tähän yhdistetty erilaiset joulun tulon toteamukset, kehotukset ja toivomukset. Alkuformuloita: Joulu tulee / Tule joulu jonkker konkker; Jos joulu joutuis; Kun jumala joulun toisi jne. Pitemmissä jatkeissa joulun persononointia (kävelee. kantaa jotain) ja ruoka-aihelmia (voipytty käsissä, lihasäkki selässä), jotka molemmat myös Tuomaan runon ydinainesta. Savossa ja lännessä jatkona ironinen Kyll on kystä aitassani - sirkan siivet, torakan koivet, peiposen peräpakarat (sama ks. Tule neitonen minulle), joskus (VIII) Talon tunnukset (tervaristi, rautarengas). Uudellamaalla: Jos joulu joutuis - saisin kuhmun kulmahain, sinimarjan silmähäin (XIV 113).

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.

…and 10 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1820s1
1850s3
1880s7
1890s16
1900s7
1910s46
1920s8
1930s37
year not recorded1

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.

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.

TypePoems in common
Tuomaan runo16
Hyvä Tuomas joulun tuopi, paha Nuutti pois sen viepi3
Talon tunnukset2

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.

  1. Tuomaan runo (St. Thomas's song)
  2. Sirkan siipi, torakan koipi (Cricket's wing, cockroach's leg)
  3. Antti (Andrew)
  4. Kiikun kaakun kissan jalka (Swing-swang cat's paw (nursery rhyme))
  5. Hoi, kotio, konnan karja (Hey, homeward, you rogue's cattle!)
  6. Pikku lintu lakki päässä (Little bird with a hat)
  7. Kekri (Kekri harvest festival)
  8. Asso
  9. Neito tanssi tammikossa (The maiden danced in the oak grove)
  10. Talon tunnukset (Homestead Signs)
  11. Tule neitonen minulle (Come to me, maiden)
  12. Tule kultanen kosihin (Come, dear one, to woo me)
  13. Tuu, tuu, tupakkirulla (Tuu, tuu, tobacco roll (lullaby))
  14. Nuutin runo (St. Knut's Day song)
  15. Hyvä Tuomas joulun tuopi, paha Nuutti pois sen viepi (Good Thomas brings Christmas, bad Knut takes it away)
  16. Hyppää nukke, karkaa nukke (Jump, doll! Run away, doll!)
  17. Älä ole kylän kielikello (Don't be the village gossip)
  18. Jänis juoksi jäätä myöten (The hare ran along the ice)
  19. Anna
  20. Aa aa allin lasta (Lullaby for the duck's 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.