Kits kile karja!
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Goat, off to the herd! (chain song) (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Lastelaulud (children's songs) › Ahellaulud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 285 |
| Verses | 4,881 |
| Collection places | 84 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Karl Viljak · Tamberg, H. · Gustav Seen · Priidu (Friedrich) Tammepuu (Eichenbaum) · Enda Ennist · Friidu (Friedrich) Peeters (Peters) · Joosep Hurt · Matthias Johann Eisen · Andre (A. Joosik) Jennes |
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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 3167. Kits kile karja!
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 (28)
- Viljandi (15)
- Setumaa (14)
- Laiuse (10)
- Suure-Jaani (9)
- Jõhvi (8)
- Halliste (7)
- Kodavere (7)
- Mustjala (7)
- Torma (7)
- välismaa (7)
- Häädemeeste (6)
- Tori (6)
- Vaivara (6)
- Iisaku (5)
- Järva-Jaani (5)
- Pühalepa (5)
- Haljala (4)
- Järva-Madise (4)
- Kaarma (4)
- Karksi (4)
- Käina (4)
- Rõuge (4)
- Tartu (4)
- Tarvastu (4)
- Vändra (4)
- Anseküla (3)
- Jõelähtme (3)
- Jüri (3)
- Kursi (3)
- Kärla (3)
- Pärnu (3)
- Pöide (3)
- Rapla (3)
- Reigi (3)
- Räpina (3)
- Tõstamaa (3)
- Türi (3)
- Urvaste (3)
- Viru-Nigula (3)
- Väike-Maarja (3)
- Võnnu (3)
- Hanila (2)
- Harju-Madise (2)
- Kadrina (2)
- Kambja (2)
- Karja (2)
- Kose (2)
- Kullamaa (2)
- Muhu (2)
- Narva l. (2)
- Palamuse (2)
- Pilistvere (2)
- Rannu (2)
- Risti (2)
- Saarde (2)
- Simuna (2)
- Tallinn (2)
- Viljandi l. (2)
- Viljandimaa (2)
…and 24 more places
- Viru-Jaagupi (2)
- Võrumaa (2)
- Ambla (1)
- Audru (1)
- Emmaste (1)
- Helme (1)
- Juuru (1)
- Jämaja (1)
- Karula (1)
- Keila (1)
- Kihelkonna (1)
- Lüganuse (1)
- Märjamaa (1)
- Nõo (1)
- Paistu (1)
- Puhja (1)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (1)
- Põltsamaa (1)
- Põlva (1)
- Rakvere l. (1)
- Rõngu (1)
- Saaremaa (1)
- Tartu-Maarja (1)
- Äksi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 11 |
| 1880s | 36 |
| 1890s | 57 |
| 1900s | 16 |
| 1910s | 16 |
| 1920s | 36 |
| 1930s | 84 |
| 1940s | 5 |
| 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.
- Kits kilu karja, AES, MT 141, 36/7 — Kuusalu
- Kirju kits läks metsa, E 18941 (1) — Viljandi
- Ann läts aita ERA II 174, 296/7 (16) — Setumaa
- Kits kire karja, E 77416/7 (7) — Laiuse
- Kile kits, mine metsa EÜS IX 73 (63) — Suure-Jaani
- Kits kile karja, ERA II 125, 45/6 (5) — Jõhvi
- Kirikits mõtsa E 52760 — Halliste
- Kile, kile karja, AES, MT 88, 38 — Kodavere
- Kits kile karja ERA II 157, 513/4 (1) — Mustjala
- Kile, kile karja, ERA II 249, 221/2 (4) — Torma
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 |
|---|---|
| Kits karja | 109 |
| Kits | 5 |
| Kits metsa | 3 |
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.
- Ann läks aita (Ann went to the storehouse)
- Mina leidsin õlekõrre (I found a straw)
- Mulle ruttu tehakse (Quickly I am married off)
- Kits karja (Goat in the Herd)
- Lambamäng (The sheep game)
- Memm läks aita (Old woman went to the granary)
- Võorasema (Stepmother)
- Kassinahast kasukas (Fur coat of cat skin)
- Taadi karjas (Old Man's Herd)
- Kips kilo karjaan (Kips kilo, to the herd)SKVR type
- Pakeneva (The fleeing one)SKVR type
- Keda tapan? (Whom Shall I Kill?)
- Ahellaul (Chain song)
- Loomade tapmine (Animal Slaughter)
- Kukon ja kanan saunamatka (Rooster and hen's sauna trip)SKVR type
- Imelik (The strange one)
- Kits (krapp) (Goat (Krapp))
- Imelik kasukas (Wondrous fur coat)
- Kass kaevus (Cat in the well)
- Kits (The Goat)
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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.