Kurva kodu
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Sorrowful home (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Murelaulud (songs of sorrow) › Mure ja kurbus |
|---|---|
| Poems | 224 |
| Verses | 4,014 |
| Collection places | 74 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Rudolf Põldmäe · Peeter Penna · Hans Siimer · Ado Grenzstein |
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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 1209, tuntud ka pealkirja «Tuule tuba» all; esindatud rohkete üleskirjutustega, tuntud Põhja-Eestis. Esineb sageli liitunult mure- ja orjuslauludega, nagu: 1578 («Mitu halba ilma peal»), 1189 («Asjatult loodud»), 1046 («Orjade tee»), 1299 («Orjusest ostja»), 1287 («Kümme orja»), samuti 1195 ja 1196. Puhuti liitub lauludele 187 («Sõidaksin Sõõrumäele») ja 1064 («Imemaa») C-red. Juhuslikumalt liitub mujalegi. Funktsioonilt vaeslapselaul, aga ka üldisem murelaul.
Kurva kodu: VK VI 315, VK VII 283, VK VIII 271, VK IX 206, VK X 306, VK XII 215, VK XIII 343, VK XIV 495, ERlA 1209, EKL IV; Tuule tuba – VK III 416, VK V 92, VK XI 213, VK XII 226, ERlV V 114. Vrd
Teen toa tuule peale - VK VIII 272; Tuba tuule peale - VK IX 219; Teeksin toa tuule peale! - VK X 347.
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 (25)
- Haljala (11)
- Audru (10)
- Vaivara (9)
- Harju-Jaani (8)
- Märjamaa (7)
- Saarde (7)
- välismaa (7)
- Laiuse (6)
- Muhu (6)
- Viru-Nigula (6)
- Vändra (6)
- Kadrina (5)
- Pilistvere (5)
- Pöide (5)
- Jõelähtme (4)
- Jõhvi (4)
- Koeru (4)
- Narva l. (4)
- Peetri (4)
- Torma (4)
- Vigala (4)
- Võnnu (4)
- Anna (3)
- Järva-Madise (3)
- Kolga-Jaani (3)
- Kose (3)
- Kullamaa (3)
- Palamuse (3)
- Pärnu (3)
- Põlva (3)
- Suure-Jaani (3)
- Türi (3)
- Viru-Jaagupi (3)
- Ambla (2)
- Järva-Jaani (2)
- Jüri (2)
- Kaarma (2)
- Karuse (2)
- Lihula (2)
- Lüganuse (2)
- Paide (2)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (2)
- Põltsamaa (2)
- Rapla (2)
- Risti (2)
- Räpina (2)
- Rõuge (2)
- Simuna (2)
- Tõstamaa (2)
- Väike-Maarja (2)
- Hageri (1)
- Halliste (1)
- Hanila (1)
- Harju-Madise (1)
- Harjumaa (1)
- Kanepi (1)
- Keila (1)
- Kursi (1)
- Käina (1)
…and 14 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 10 |
| 1880s | 48 |
| 1890s | 48 |
| 1900s | 21 |
| 1910s | 24 |
| 1920s | 26 |
| 1930s | 20 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 25 |
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.
- Lähme, lähme käime käime E A 210/1 (7) — Kuusalu
- Kõik kullad kooje lähvad; E 6763 (2) — Haljala
- Mina mees kui maasikas EKmS 4° 2, 313 (20) — Audru
- Päival pitka tööta teeme E 41353 (5) — Vaivara
- Lähme, lähme, käime, käime ERA II 263, 190 (3) — Harju-Jaani
- Mitu alva ilma peal EKS 47, 21 (27) — Märjamaa
- Mina aga valdas vaenelapsi E 52829/31 (11) — Saarde
- Lähme lähme käime käime EÜS II 533 (34) — välismaa
- Lesenaise tuakene: ERA II 30, 49/50 (27) — Laiuse
- Sõnna mere saare peale EÜS IV 1425 (133) — Muhu
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 |
|---|---|
| Tuule tuba | 150 |
| Imemaa | 20 |
| Mitu halba ilma peal | 7 |
| Neiu linn | 7 |
| Imelik maja | 7 |
| Mitu halba | 6 |
| Vihm | 4 |
| Laevahukk | 4 |
| Kättemaks sakstele | 3 |
| Vihm, üle vaeslapsest | 3 |
| Kuhu pean minema | 3 |
| Orjade tee | 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.
- Pole kodu vaesellapsel (The orphan has no home)
- Ärge hoidke ostetud neidu! (Don't keep the bought bride)
- Imelik maja (The strange house)
- Imemaa (Wonderland)
- Varss (The foal)
- Linnukene oksa peal (Little bird on a branch)Filed on the same poems: Teekäigul.
- Neiu linn (Maiden's town)
- Kättemaks sakstele (Revenge against the lords)
- Orjade tee (Serfs' road)
- Sillad soodele (Bridges over the bogs)
- Tuule tuba (Room of the Wind)
- Oleks minu olemine (If only my lot were different)
- Teekäijad (Wayfarers)
- Tuulest talguhobu (The work-party horse made of wind)
- Tall taeva all (Stable under the sky)
- Sillad soile (Bridges to the Swamp)
- Endine heal (Former voice)
- Hukkaläinud laev (The Shipwreck)
- Laevahukk (Shipwreck)
- Suure tuulega merel (At sea in a great wind)
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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.