Lambamäng
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: The sheep game (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud meelelahutamiseks (songs for entertainment) › Laulumängud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 192 |
| Verses | 1,981 |
| Collection places | 76 |
| Collected | 1870s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Karl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Tamberg, H. · Mart Saar · Hans Siimer · Paul Ariste (Berg) · Jüri Välbe · Linda Köögardal |
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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 495 "Suure lamba mäng"
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.
- Kolga-Jaani (12)
- Suure-Jaani (11)
- Halliste (10)
- Karksi (10)
- Harju-Jaani (8)
- Karula (7)
- Türi (7)
- Äksi (7)
- Ambla (6)
- Pilistvere (6)
- Saarde (6)
- Urvaste (6)
- Viljandi (6)
- Kuusalu (5)
- Paistu (5)
- Rapla (5)
- Haljala (4)
- Kodavere (4)
- Kullamaa (4)
- Laiuse (4)
- Peetri (4)
- Tarvastu (4)
- Keila (3)
- Kursi (3)
- Muhu (3)
- Sangaste (3)
- Tartu (3)
- Tartu-Maarja (3)
- välismaa (3)
- Helme (2)
- Häädemeeste (2)
- Juuru (2)
- Järva-Jaani (2)
- Kambja (2)
- Mihkli (2)
- Märjamaa (2)
- Palamuse (2)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (2)
- Risti (2)
- Rõuge (2)
- Varbla (2)
- Viljandimaa (2)
- Viru-Jaagupi (2)
- Võnnu (2)
- Anna (1)
- Hanila (1)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Jõelähtme (1)
- Jõhvi (1)
- Jüri (1)
- Kadrina (1)
- Kanepi (1)
- Karja (1)
- Karuse (1)
- Kirbla (1)
- Koeru (1)
- Kose (1)
- Kõpu (1)
- Lüganuse (1)
- Narva l. (1)
…and 16 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 2 |
| 1880s | 10 |
| 1890s | 28 |
| 1900s | 7 |
| 1910s | 21 |
| 1920s | 17 |
| 1930s | 100 |
| 1940s | 5 |
| year not recorded | 2 |
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.
- Karja meid aeti, ERA II 114, 227/9 (4) — Kolga-Jaani
- Mina hoian eide utte ERA II 105, 641/3 (5) — Suure-Jaani
- Karja meid aeti ERA II 214, 15/7 (1) — Halliste
- Karja meid aeti (lauldes). E, StK 15, 174/5 (120) — Karksi
- Teen aeda, tipin teivast, ERA II 6, 303/6 — Harju-Jaani
- Mina oitse memme udu. E 68272 (5) — Karula
- Sööge, uted, jooge, uted, ERA II 24, 630/1 (3) — Türi
- Mina hoian memme utte, ERA II 106, 152 (1) — Äksi
- Eit tee kakku, ma läen karja EÜS VII 2369 (186) — Ambla
- Tule hulka hundike E 77221/2 (2) — Pilistvere
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 |
|---|---|
| Härjad murtud | 4 |
| Suure lamba mäng | 3 |
| Lammas | 2 |
| Taadi karjas | 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.
- Taadi karjas (Old Man's Herd)
- Lammas (Sheep)
- Tütar ei saa tööst palka (Daughter gets no wages for work)
- Tee aeda! (Build a Fence!)
- Karja meid saadeti (We Were Sent to Herd)
- Aiategemine (Building the fence)
- Lammamäng (Sheep game)
- Hundile (To the Wolf)
- Nairi mäng (Turnip game)
- Naerivargamäng (Turnip Thief Game)
- Aia tegija (Fence maker)Filed on the same poems: Kuub
- Aiamäng (Garden game)
- Karjane hundile (Herdsman to the Wolf)
- Naerimäng (Mocking Play)
- Hundi hurjutamine (Driving away the wolf)
- Passiviskamine (Tossing the pass)
- Ära noomi poiste kuuldes (Don't Scold Within Boys' Hearing)
- Toku, toku tonni (Toku, toku tonni (song refrain))
- Mäng: Suur lammas (Game: Big Sheep)
- Kits kile karja! (Goat, off to the herd! (chain song))
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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.