Laula, kuni elad!
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Sing while you live! (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud laulust (songs about singing) › Laulust ja laulikust |
|---|---|
| Poems | 175 |
| Verses | 2,354 |
| Collection places | 66 |
| Collected | 1820s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Jüri Välbe · Hans Siimer · Joosep Hurt · Voldemar Erm · Karl Ruut |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
Laula, kuni elad!: VK IX 232, VK X 124,VK XI 30, ERlA 49; Paras laulu aeg – VK II 1; Laula! – VK V 172, ERlV V 1; Laula, suukene! – VK VI 563, VK VIII 391.
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.
- Haljala (9)
- Kadrina (9)
- Väike-Maarja (9)
- Kuusalu (8)
- Ambla (6)
- Simuna (6)
- Audru (5)
- Halliste (5)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (5)
- Vändra (5)
- Harju-Jaani (4)
- Järva-Jaani (4)
- Koeru (4)
- Palamuse (4)
- Peetri (4)
- Sangaste (4)
- Vigala (4)
- Viru-Jaagupi (4)
- Karksi (3)
- Kodavere (3)
- Mustjala (3)
- Märjamaa (3)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (3)
- Põltsamaa (3)
- Rakvere (3)
- Vaivara (3)
- Varbla (3)
- Harjumaa (2)
- Jõhvi (2)
- Karula (2)
- Lüganuse (2)
- Paistu (2)
- Pärnu (2)
- Risti (2)
- Räpina (2)
- Tarvastu (2)
- Tori (2)
- Tõstamaa (2)
- Türi (2)
- Viru-Nigula (2)
- Äksi (2)
- Anna (1)
- Anseküla (1)
- Häädemeeste (1)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Jüri (1)
- Kambja (1)
- Kolga-Jaani (1)
- Kose (1)
- Kursi (1)
- Laiuse (1)
- Martna (1)
- Muhu (1)
- Narva l. (1)
- Otepää (1)
- Pöide (1)
- Pühalepa (1)
- Rakvere l. (1)
- Rõngu (1)
- Rõuge (1)
…and 6 more places
- Saarde (1)
- Setumaa (1)
- Suure-Jaani (1)
- Vastseliina (1)
- Viljandi (1)
- välismaa (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1820s | 1 |
| 1860s | 3 |
| 1870s | 14 |
| 1880s | 43 |
| 1890s | 39 |
| 1900s | 14 |
| 1910s | 25 |
| 1920s | 17 |
| 1930s | 9 |
| year not recorded | 10 |
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.
- Laula, laula, suukene EÜS IX 1150 (127a) — Haljala
- Liigu, linnukeelekene, E 40919 (1) — Kadrina
- Laula, laula suukene, E 73814 (20) — Väike-Maarja
- Laula, laula, suukene, ERA I 3, 631 (6) — Kuusalu
- Liigu linnu keelekene. ERA II 131, 18/9 (10) — Ambla
- Laula, laula suukene. EÜS V 743 (32) — Simuna
- Laala, laala suukene, E, STK 5, 11 (2) — Audru
- Näiukese noorekese EKmS 8° 2, 83/7 (11) — Halliste
- Liigu, liigu, linnukene, EÜS V 1092 (72) — Maarja-Magdaleena
- Laula, laula suukene EÜS I 1056 (58) — Vändra
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 |
|---|---|
| Laula | 151 |
| Laula, suukene | 8 |
| Ema haual | 3 |
| Kaasa kaugel | 3 |
| Laulu võim | 2 |
| Miks ei laula | 2 |
| Ärge naerge neide, endal naine võtmata | 2 |
| Ilu meil ees jookseb | 2 |
| Rõõmus neiupõli | 2 |
| Lauluaeg | 2 |
| Ilu jookseb ees | 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.
- Laula (Singing)
- Laula, suukene (Sing, little mouth)
- Laula, pole keelajat (Sing, there's no one to forbid it)
- Tuleb teine põli (A new generation comes)
- Kägu (The Cuckoo)
- Kurb laulik (The sad singer)
- Iluaeg (Season of Beauty)
- Lapsel kerge keeleke (Light little tongue for the child)
- Laula, laula, kieli keito (Sing, sing, dear tongue)SKVR type
- Suisa surma (Straight to Death)
- Ei tüdi õllest-viinast (Never tiring of ale and spirits)
- Laula laps (Sing, Child)
- Lipud (Flags)
- Katse kaugel (The distant trial)
- Rikas nutab surres (The rich man weeps at death)
- Katk kaugel (Plague far away)Filed on the same poems: Luba lõõritada
- Muru mulla peale (Grass upon the Soil)
- Ema haual (At mother's grave)
- Säng mädaneb haige all (The bed rots under the sick)
- Erilaisia liekkulauluja (Various cradle songs)SKVR type
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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.