Kupja kolm tütart

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

In English: The overseer's three daughters (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.

Kupja kolm tütart: VK VI 256, VK VIII 538, VK X 227, VK XI 300; Kolm kupja tütart – ERlA 2349.

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 (10)
• Väike-Maarja (8)
• Jõhvi (7)
• Kolga-Jaani (7)
• Ambla (6)
• Rõuge (6)
• Urvaste (6)
• Haljala (5)
• Järva-Jaani (5)
• Kadrina (5)
• Kodavere (5)
• Kose (5)
• Paistu (5)
• Pilistvere (5)
• Põltsamaa (5)
• Koeru (4)
• Laiuse (4)
• Sangaste (4)
• Simuna (4)
• Torma (4)
• Järva-Madise (3)
• Jüri (3)
• Kanepi (3)
• Peetri (3)
• Räpina (3)
• Türi (3)
• Vaivara (3)
• Viljandi (3)
• Vändra (3)
• välismaa (3)
• Otepää (2)
• Setumaa (2)
• Suure-Jaani (2)
• Tartu (2)
• Tarvastu (2)
• Tõstamaa (2)
• Vigala (2)
• Hageri (1)
• Halliste (1)
• Harju-Jaani (1)
• Helme (1)
• Juuru (1)
• Järvamaa (1)
• Kambja (1)
• Kullamaa (1)
• Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
• Muhu (1)
• Märjamaa (1)
• Paide (1)
• Palamuse (1)
• Pärnu l. (1)
• Rannu (1)
• Rapla (1)
• Reigi (1)
• Tori (1)
• Varbla (1)
• Viru-Jaagupi (1)
• Viru-Nigula (1)
• Võrumaa (1)
• Äksi (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.

• Istun saani, soidan Vaani, EÜS VIII 1820 (46) — Kuusalu
• Läksin Koiki kosimaie EÜS VII 1979/80 (193) — Väike-Maarja
• Saare mõisa kupjal oli EÜS VI 1146/7 (28) — Jõhvi
• Turu Toomas poisikene ERA II 11, 192/4 (1) — Kolga-Jaani
• Hellakene, vennakene E 9344 (26) — Ambla
• Läksin üle Nursi nurme ERA II 26, 213 (1) — Rõuge
• Tiidu-tiidu tingä löüse EÜS VII 1078 (116) — Urvaste
• Läksin metsa kõndimaie, ERA II 23, 762/3 — Haljala
• Ma lähen Koiki kosjamaie EÜS VII 1657/8 (209) — Järva-Jaani
• Läksin Kolka kosjemaie E 36985/6 (10) — Kadrina

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. Kolki kosja (Courting in the corner)
2. Kosilane laisas talus (Suitor at the lazy farm)
3. Pidin Pillele minema (I Was Destined for Ruin)
4. Ühte pakutakse, teist tahan (One is offered, but I want the other)
5. Sepp teeb sarvest sadula (Smith Makes a Horn Saddle)
6. Ära eksinud (Gone Astray)
7. Kupja tütarde kosilane (Suitor for the overseer's daughters)
8. Sarvest sadul (Horn Saddle)
9. Laisad peretütred (Lazy Household Daughters)
10. Sarvest saan (Sleigh Made from a Horn)
11. Tenga leidsin (I found a coin)
12. Eksinud (Gone Astray)
13. Mallele magama (Lullaby for Malle)
14. Ühte antakse, teist tahaks (Wed to one, longing for another)
15. Jäin Mallele magama (Fell asleep with Malle)
16. Ei taha pakutud naist (Refusing the Offered Woman)
17. Armastas teist (Loved another)
18. Ühte kaubeldi, teist armastas (One was bargained for, another was loved)
19. Ei taha ühte neiut, võtan teise (Don't want one maiden, take another)Filed on the same poems: Neiu kutsub metsa
20. Sarved sepale (Horns for the Blacksmith)

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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.