Kägu kukub
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: The cuckoo calls (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Looduslaulud (nature songs) › Loomad ja linnud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 213 |
| Verses | 2,662 |
| Collection places | 72 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Hans Leoke · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Helene Maasen-Varik · Tõnu Wiedemann (Võimula) · Gustav Seen · Peeter Penna · Jüri Välbe · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) |
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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 218, tuntud üle Eesti. Populaarne. Palju eriarendusi.
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.
- Ambla (9)
- Kadrina (9)
- Kolga-Jaani (9)
- Kuusalu (8)
- Palamuse (8)
- Haljala (7)
- Paistu (7)
- Jõhvi (6)
- Rõngu (6)
- Türi (6)
- Urvaste (6)
- Harju-Jaani (5)
- Häädemeeste (5)
- Põltsamaa (5)
- Sangaste (5)
- Simuna (5)
- Juuru (4)
- Jõelähtme (4)
- Lüganuse (4)
- Paide (4)
- Peetri (4)
- Räpina (4)
- Setumaa (4)
- Tarvastu (4)
- Audru (3)
- Helme (3)
- Järva-Madise (3)
- Kose (3)
- Narva l. (3)
- Otepää (3)
- Saarde (3)
- Torma (3)
- Tõstamaa (3)
- Viljandi l. (3)
- Halliste (2)
- Hargla (2)
- Järva-Jaani (2)
- Karksi (2)
- Laiuse (2)
- Pilistvere (2)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (2)
- Pöide (2)
- Rakvere (2)
- Suure-Jaani (2)
- Vaivara (2)
- Viljandi (2)
- Viru-Jaagupi (2)
- Väike-Maarja (2)
- Võnnu (2)
- välismaa (2)
- Hanila (1)
- Iisaku (1)
- Jüri (1)
- Kambja (1)
- Kanepi (1)
- Kodavere (1)
- Koeru (1)
- Kursi (1)
- Läänemaa (1)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
…and 12 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 15 |
| 1880s | 44 |
| 1890s | 59 |
| 1900s | 23 |
| 1910s | 34 |
| 1920s | 17 |
| 1930s | 11 |
| year not recorded | 9 |
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.
- Kuku, kuku, käukane E 11790 (13) — Ambla
- Kuku, kuku, käoke EÜS IX 1116 (48) — Kadrina
- Kuku kulla käokene E 44125 (3) — Kolga-Jaani
- Kuku kuku käokene EÜS II 524 (27) — Kuusalu
- Kägu kukub karjatselle, EÜS VII 724 (116) — Palamuse
- Kuku, kuku, käukene, E 6776 (36) — Haljala
- Kuku, kuku käokene, kuku, ERA II 85, 582 (3) — Paistu
- Minu veike vellekeine, EÜS VI 989/91 (148) — Jõhvi
- Kuku, kuku käoke, ERM 141, 29 (14) — Rõngu
- Kuku, kuku, käokene EÜS VII 2496 (462) — Türi
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 |
|---|---|
| Kägu | 87 |
| Kuku, kägu | 18 |
| Kägu kukub karjasele | 15 |
| Käokiri | 5 |
| Kägu, kuku kuiv suvi! | 5 |
| Käopojad põues | 4 |
| Venna sõjalugu | 3 |
| Käo kukkumine | 3 |
| Käost käterätt | 3 |
| Isa kodu | 2 |
| Kuldne kägu | 2 |
| Määramata | 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.
- Käopojad põues (Cuckoo Chicks in the Bosom)
- Kägu kukub karjasele (The Cuckoo Calls to the Shepherd)
- Käopoeg (The cuckoo's son)
- Kuku, kägu (Call, cuckoo)
- Kägu, kuku kuiv suvi! (Cuckoo, call out a dry summer!)
- Kägu kukub puile (Cuckoo calls from the trees)
- Kägu kukub suve (Cuckoo heralding summer)
- Käo kingad (Cuckoo's shoes)
- Kolmed kingad (Three Pairs of Shoes)
- Kägu (The Cuckoo)
- Käost käterätt (Handkerchief from the cuckoo)
- Käo pojad (The Cuckoo's Sons)
- Kägu ei kuku kuuse otsas (The cuckoo won't call from the spruce top)
- Surnud tütar käona (Dead daughter as cuckoo)
- Vaeslaps käoks (Orphan turned cuckoo)
- Kirik on kividest tehtud (The church is made of stone)
- Kuldne kägu (Golden Cuckoo)
- Linnud toovad ilmad (Birds bring the weather)
- Eliniän tiedustelu käeltä (Asking the Cuckoo One's Lifespan)SKVR type
- Ei tohi lauda (Not allowed in the barn)
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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.