Kurb laulik
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: The sad singer (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud laulust (songs about singing) › Laulust ja laulikust |
|---|---|
| Poems | 130 |
| Verses | 2,462 |
| Collection places | 51 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Peeter Penna · Jüri Välbe · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Mihkel Leppik · Karp (Carp) Kuusik · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Hans Lohk |
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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 (18)
- Ambla (9)
- Jõhvi (8)
- Laiuse (8)
- Paistu (8)
- Kolga-Jaani (7)
- Koeru (6)
- Karksi (5)
- Haljala (4)
- Halliste (3)
- Simuna (3)
- Tarvastu (3)
- Tõstamaa (3)
- Türi (3)
- Viljandi (3)
- Väike-Maarja (3)
- Hargla (2)
- Helme (2)
- Järva-Jaani (2)
- Järva-Madise (2)
- Kadrina (2)
- Kodavere (2)
- Muhu (2)
- Narva l. (2)
- Pilistvere (2)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (2)
- Rakvere (2)
- Räpina (2)
- Viljandimaa (2)
- Kanepi (1)
- Karula (1)
- Keila (1)
- Kihnu (1)
- Kose (1)
- Kõpu (1)
- Lüganuse (1)
- Märjamaa (1)
- Otepää (1)
- Peetri (1)
- Puhja (1)
- Rannu (1)
- Rõngu (1)
- Rõuge (1)
- Saarde (1)
- Sangaste (1)
- Valgamaa (1)
- Vigala (1)
- Viru-Jaagupi (1)
- Võru l. (1)
- välismaa (1)
- Äksi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 2 |
| 1870s | 4 |
| 1880s | 33 |
| 1890s | 38 |
| 1900s | 8 |
| 1910s | 28 |
| 1920s | 7 |
| 1930s | 6 |
| year not recorded | 4 |
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.
- Ke' mind kuuleb laulemaie E 50607/8 (3) — Kuusalu
- Sa laulad läbi murede E 11797 (27) — Ambla
- Kui mina hakan laulamaie E 8734/5 (24) — Jõhvi
- Küla mul ütles kuku kuku E 18388 — Laiuse
- Küla mul ütel kuku, kuku E 17990 (12) — Paistu
- Külä mul ütel kuku kuku EÜS II 431/2 (166) — Kolga-Jaani
- Kes mind kuuleb luulemaie? E 7197 (11) — Koeru
- Alt me lätsim', päält me lätsim' ERA II 121, 143 (2) — Karksi
- Küla ütleb: kuku kuku EÜS IX 1145/6 (112) — Haljala
- Küla ütel: "Kuku, kuku!" EÜS XII 1277/9 (46) — Halliste
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.
- Laul nutu peiteks (Song to hide tears)
- Suu laulab, süda muretseb (The mouth sings, the heart grieves)
- Kurb laulja (Sad singer)
- Küla ütel (The Village Said)
- Pisarate veeremine (Tears rolling down)
- Murelaul (Song of Sorrow)
- Südame sütitamine (Kindling the heart)
- Ei laula rõõmul (Not singing in joy)
- Mure (Sorrow)
- Pisar veereb (A tear rolls)Filed on the same poems: Suu laulab
- Lahkumise valu (Pain of Parting)
- Küla ütles (The village said)
- Laulu nutu peiteks (Song to hide one's tears)
- Laula, kuni elad! (Sing while you live!)
- Ei tohi laulda sakste pärast (Cannot Sing Because of the Lords)
- Suude sulg (The mouth-feather)
- Laulud lutsu suust (Songs from the burbot's mouth)
- Orja söök (Slave's Food)
- Pisaratest järv (Lake of Tears)
- Küla ütleb, kuku! (The village says, cuckoo!)
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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.