Kyllä Herra herättää
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Surely the Lord will wake you (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Erilaisissa tilanteissa (songs for various occasions) › Kehtolaulut |
|---|---|
| Poems | 133 |
| Verses | 701 |
| Collection places | 61 |
| Collected | 1800s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Perä-Pohjolan ja Lapin Kotiseutuyhdistys · Samuli Paulaharju · Jenny Paulaharju · Sulo Haltsonen · Aukusti Salo · Esko Aaltonen · Aili Paulaharju · Laina Hänninen · Ilmari Kallio · Vilho Saariluoma |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Nuku nuku nurmilintu, väsy väsy västäräkki, kyllä Herra herättää, vitsan varpu virvoittaa!
>Nuku nuku nurmilintu -aiheen alkusäkeet kuuluvat tähän elimellisesti, sisällytetty aiheeseen.
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.
- Kemi (11)
- Alatornio (10)
- Rovaniemi (10)
- Hattula (4)
- Jällivaara (4)
- Turtola (4)
- Vittanki (4)
- Ylitornio (4)
- Yläne (4)
- Hailuoto (3)
- Kiiminki (3)
- Kittilä (3)
- Kolari (3)
- Muonio (3)
- Porsanki (3)
- Sodankylä (3)
- Junosuvanto (2)
- Karunki (2)
- Kemijärvi (2)
- Loppi (2)
- Luopioinen (2)
- Nordkapp (2)
- Pyhäjoki (2)
- Saarijärvi (2)
- Simo (2)
- Täräntö (2)
- Uskela (2)
- Vahto (2)
- Haapavesi (1)
- Hausjärvi (1)
- Iisalmi (1)
- Ikaalinen (1)
- Jurva (1)
- Kaaresuvanto (1)
- Kajaani (1)
- Kalajoki (1)
- Kaustinen (1)
- Kerimäki (1)
- Koski Hl (1)
- Kuusjoki (1)
- Kymi (1)
- Kälviä (1)
- Kärsämäki (1)
- Laitila (1)
- Moseija (1)
- Muhos (1)
- Orivesi (1)
- Paattinen (1)
- Paavola (1)
- Perho (1)
- Piippola (1)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (1)
- Revonlahti (1)
- Sonkajärvi (1)
- Sumiainen (1)
- Tervola (1)
- Turku (1)
- Utajärvi (1)
- Uusikirkko Tl. (1)
- Vieremä (1)
…and 1 more places
- Ylihärmä (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1800s | 1 |
| 1880s | 2 |
| 1890s | 6 |
| 1900s | 5 |
| 1910s | 78 |
| 1920s | 15 |
| 1930s | 26 |
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.
- Nuku, nurmen lintu, SKVR XII1 630. — Kemi
- Nuku, nuku, nurmenlintu SKVR XII1 616. — Alatornio
- Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu, SKVR XII1 649. — Rovaniemi
- Nuku, nuku nurkilintu, SKVR IX1 1070. — Hattula
- Nuku, nuku, pikku nurmilintu, SKVR XII2 8216. — Jällivaara
- Nuku, nuku, nurnen! lintu, SKVR XII1 641. — Turtola
- Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu, SKVR XII1 677. — Vittanki
- Nuku, nuku, lapsoseni, SKVR XII1 645. — Ylitornio
- Nuku nuku nurmilintu SKVR VIII 1898. — Yläne
- Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu, SKVR XII1 610. — Hailuoto
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 |
|---|---|
| Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu | 10 |
| Paa silmä umpeen | 2 |
| Uni ulkoa kysyy | 2 |
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.
- Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu (Sleep, sleep, meadow bird (lullaby))
- Nuku nuku nukkeroinen (Sleep, little sleeper)
- Ukko uunia tekee (Old man builds the oven)
- Tuuti tuuti tuomenmarja (Lullaby, bird cherry berry)
- Nuku, nuku, nurmennukka (Sleep, sleep, little meadow-flower (lullaby))
- Lintu tuopi liinapaidan (The bird brings a linen shirt)
- Tule uni uunin päältä (Come sleep from atop the stove)
- Herran enkelit (The Lord's Angels)
- Nukuta Jumala lasta (God, lull the child to sleep)
- Makaa niinkuin mallassäkki (Lying Like a Malt Sack)
- Herran rauhaan (To the Lord's peace)
- Ei nuku kun nukutan (Won't sleep even when rocked)
- Nuku lapsi nuttuhisi (Sleep, child, in your coat)
- Huis kissa lullun takaa (Shoo cat from the cradle)
- Makaa marja, lepää lintu (Sleep, my berry; rest, my bird (lullaby))
- Tule uni ulkoa (Come, sleep, from outside)
- Uni ulkoa kysyy (Sleep asks from outside)
- Tule uniukko meille (Come to Us, Sandman)
- Lömbö lapset herättää (Lömbö wakes the children)
- Jouluämmäsillä ja -ukkosilla (Christmas old women and old men)
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Sources: the type’s name, filing and description come from the SKVR type index of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS); the counts, places, decades and collectors are counted from the poems on RunoVerse.