Kubjas, lase lõunale!

Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database

In English: Overseer, let us break for lunch! (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

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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 1414. Kubjas, lase lõunale!: A. Kubjas, lase lõunale!; B. Päev 1õunas, orjad lõunata; C. Juba mujal söödud; D. Juba teised söönud; E. Juba tüdib tühi kõht; F. Küllap pakud taevas süüa; G. Kubjas ei lase lõunale; H. Hea ja kuri kubjas. Kubjas, lase lõunale!: VK VI 253, VK VIII 1

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.

• Jõhvi (23)
• Peetri (11)
• Ambla (8)
• Haljala (8)
• Kadrina (7)
• Laiuse (6)
• Vigala (6)
• Harju-Jaani (5)
• Karksi (5)
• Kuusalu (5)
• Paistu (5)
• Simuna (5)
• Tarvastu (5)
• Kodavere (4)
• Kose (4)
• Viljandi (4)
• Halliste (3)
• Helme (3)
• Lüganuse (3)
• Türi (3)
• Urvaste (3)
• Viru-Nigula (3)
• Väike-Maarja (3)
• välismaa (3)
• Äksi (3)
• Hargla (2)
• Järva-Jaani (2)
• Karuse (2)
• Koeru (2)
• Narva l. (2)
• Puhja (2)
• Rõuge (2)
• Sangaste (2)
• Suure-Jaani (2)
• Viljandimaa (2)
• Viru-Jaagupi (2)
• Harju-Madise (1)
• Harjumaa (1)
• Juuru (1)
• Järva-Madise (1)
• Jüri (1)
• Kolga-Jaani (1)
• Kõpu (1)
• Läänemaa (1)
• Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
• Märjamaa (1)
• Otepää (1)
• Paide l. (1)
• Palamuse (1)
• Pärnu l. (1)
• Põltsamaa (1)
• Põlva (1)
• Pöide (1)
• Pühalepa (1)
• Rakvere (1)
• Risti (1)
• Tallinn (1)
• Torma (1)
• Tõstamaa (1)
• Vaivara (1)

When it was collected

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.

• Oi, mo kuldane kubias E 9090/1 (3) — Jõhvi
• Meie kubjas kullukene E 51838 (4) — Peetri
• Oh sina äkki ärrakene EÜS VII 1840/1 (21) — Ambla
• On need sundijad sõgedad E 35203 (7) — Haljala
• Meie kubjas kullakene, E 37966/7 (7) — Kadrina
• Hellakesed, vellekesed, EÜS V 1102 (93) — Laiuse
• Kubjas kulla lulluke H II 20, 339 (1) — Vigala
• Meie kubjas kullakene E 15552 (5) — Harju-Jaani
• Joba türbuv meie tüja E 51958/9 (40) — Karksi
• Meie kupjas kullakene, EÜS VIII 1943 (193) — Kuusalu

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.

1. Palve kubjale (Plea to the overseer)
2. Kubjas, ära löö! (Overseer, don't strike!)
3. Päid jäänud põllule (Heads left in the field)
4. Sulane ootab süüa (The farmhand awaits food)
5. Kupja sõim (The overseer's scolding)
6. Kuri kubjas (The cruel overseer)
7. Ori tahab süüa (The serf wants to eat)
8. Lõuna ootamine (Waiting for noon)
9. Lõuna söömata (Without a Midday Meal)
10. Kupja kiitus (Praise of the overseer)
11. Pave kupjale (Plea to the overseer)
12. Sulase ootab süüa. (Farmhand waiting for food)
13. Päike lõunas – orjad lõunata (Sun at noon, serfs without lunch)
14. Juba teised söönud (Others have already eaten)
15. Orjuselaul (Song of serfdom)
16. Võta mu tütar teole (Take my daughter into service)
17. Kubjas põrgus (The Overseer in Hell)
18. Kabjas, kilter (Overseer, bailiff (serfdom song))
19. Kubjas, lase õhtule! (Overseer, let us off for the evening!)
20. Ära löö (Don't hit)

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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.