Kellele kurdan?
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: To whom do I complain? (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Murelaulud (songs of sorrow) › Mure ja kurbus |
|---|---|
| Poems | 137 |
| Verses | 3,067 |
| Collection places | 46 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Karl Viljak · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Hans Lohk · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Peeter Penna · Julius Mark · Jüri Välbe · Otto Hintzenberg |
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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 1208. Kellele kurdan: eelkõige Ida-Eestis tuntud, põhjarannikult lõunapiirini, eriti populaarne põhjarannikul, tuntud ka saartel. Liitub mitmeti, eriti lauludega 1196, 1199 ja 1203, juhuslikumalt ka mitmed muudki vaeslapse- ja murelaulud, puhuti ka käsikivilaulud. Kasutatud nii vaeslapselauluna kui ka üldlaadilise murelauluna. Vt. E. Laugaste, Lisandusi regivärsi tüpoloogiale. Läänemeresoomlaste rahvakultuurist, Tallinn 1970, 138—168.
Kellele kurdan?: VK III 413, VK VI 167, VK X 176, VK XI 197, VK XII 216, VK XIII 346, VK IX 334, ERlV V 113, ERlA 1208. Vrdl Veske, Eesti rahvalaulud, 1879, 7, nr 8. Nutan noorele rohule
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.
- Kuusalu (17)
- Haljala (13)
- Ambla (11)
- Kadrina (9)
- Jõhvi (8)
- Harju-Jaani (6)
- Peetri (6)
- Simuna (6)
- Koeru (5)
- Järva-Jaani (4)
- Muhu (4)
- Põlva (4)
- Viru-Nigula (4)
- Laiuse (3)
- Paistu (3)
- Palamuse (3)
- Tartu-Maarja (3)
- Vaivara (3)
- Väike-Maarja (3)
- Halliste (2)
- Jõelähtme (2)
- Paide l. (2)
- Räpina (2)
- Torma (2)
- välismaa (2)
- Iisaku (1)
- Jüri (1)
- Kaarma (1)
- Kanepi (1)
- Kose (1)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
- Martna (1)
- Otepää (1)
- Puhja (1)
- Põltsamaa (1)
- Rakvere l. (1)
- Risti (1)
- Rõuge (1)
- Sangaste (1)
- Tallinn (1)
- Tartu (1)
- Viljandi (1)
- Viljandimaa (1)
- Viru-Jaagupi (1)
- Vändra (1)
- Äksi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 3 |
| 1870s | 5 |
| 1880s | 35 |
| 1890s | 53 |
| 1900s | 7 |
| 1910s | 23 |
| 1920s | 1 |
| 1930s | 5 |
| year not recorded | 5 |
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.
- Kelles ma kibejäd kaiban, E 50613 (10) — Kuusalu
- Ikka on minul igava E 35972/3 (16) — Haljala
- Alati minul haleda EÜS VII 2379 (205) — Ambla
- Läksin õele, võeraeksi E 36850/3 (5) — Kadrina
- Metsa läeb meheta naine, EÜS VI 1035 (193) — Jõhvi
- Ikkep on minul igava EÜS IX 1103/4 (19) — Harju-Jaani
- Kellel istutan igava EÜS IX 977/8 (51) — Peetri
- Alati hale minule EÜS V 872/3 (140) — Simuna
- Ike'p on minul igava EÜS VI 1481/2 (176) — Koeru
- Oh, sina vaene vilets mees EÜS VII 1568/9 (75) — Järva-Jaani
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.
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.
- Käsikivil jahvataja (Hand mill grinder)
- Ikka mul igava (Ever tedious for me)
- Kellel kurdan (To whom do I complain)
- Puude kasvandik (Foster child of the trees)
- Kõik kullad koju lähevad (All the golden ones go home)
- Eks võinud meres mürada (Could it not have roared at sea)
- Muremäel (On Sorrow Hill)
- Kus istun — seal igatsen (Where I sit, there I long)
- Kuhu istun - tiigike (Where I sit — the little pond)
- Kivi meres (Stone in the sea)
- Öösel üksi (Alone at night)
- Kellele ütlen oma ohu (Who will I tell my troubles to)
- Kus istun - itken (Where I Sit, I Weep)
- Vaeslapselaul (Orphan's Song)
- Ema haual (At mother's grave)
- Ärge naerge, et põll paklane (Don't laugh that my apron's of tow-cloth)
- Kuhu lähen (Where I am going)
- Käsikivilaul (Handmill song)
- Noorik isakodus võõrsil (Young wife a stranger at father's home)
- Käsikivi (Hand Mill)
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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.