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Lauliku lapsepõlv

Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database

In English: Singer's childhood (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

Filed underLaulud laulust (songs about singing) › Laulust ja laulikust
Poems244
Verses5,526
Collection places71
Collected1860s to 1940s
CollectorsRichard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Rudolf Tamm · Armas Otto Väisänen · Alfred Nirk · Jakob Jagomann · Gustav Seen · Joosep Hurt · Tamberg, H. · Karl Ruut · Mihkel Aitsam

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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 109, Lauliku lapsepõlv: eL tuntud, populaarseks saanud ka trükisõna vahendusel (A. Tamme kasutatud redaktsioon). Liitub sageli lapsepõlvelauludega: 1809 («Kolm kätkit»), 1810 («Näljapäevad kätkis»), 1815 («Memme vaev»). Teatav paralleelsus lauluga 1822 («Ema viis põlles põllu p

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.

…and 11 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1860s5
1870s13
1880s37
1890s68
1900s19
1910s20
1920s37
1930s30
1940s3
year not recorded12

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.

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.

TypePoems in common
Lauliku lapsepõli192
Laulu võim21
Kust laulud saadud14
Memme vaev13
Kust laulud11
Palju sõnu7
Arg laulik7
Kolm kätkit5
Lauliku soost5
Kasvatus asjatu4
Suude sulg4
3 hälli4

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.

  1. Ema viis hälli heinamaale (Mother took the cradle to the meadow)Filed on the same poems: Käe kärnasele
  2. Kiik kesal (Summer swing)
  3. Ema viis põlles põllu peale (Mother Took Me to the Field in Her Apron)
  4. Ohakas hoidma (Thistle as Guardian)
  5. Lapsepõli (Childhood)
  6. Memme vaev (Mother's hardship)
  7. Kolm kätkit (Three cradles)
  8. Lauliku soost (Singer's lineage)
  9. Kolm hälli (Three cradles)
  10. Kust laulud saadud (Where the songs come from)
  11. Ohakas ei hoidnud (The thistle did not protect)
  12. Lapsepõlv (Childhood)
  13. Ärge pahaks (Don't Take Offense)
  14. Lapse tänu (Child's gratitude)
  15. Laps kätkis (Child in the cradle)
  16. Ei tohi laulda (Forbidden from singing)
  17. Lõikuslaul (Harvest Song)
  18. Lapsel kerge keeleke (Light little tongue for the child)
  19. Laisk ketraja (Lazy Spinner)
  20. Südameta kasvatus (Heartless upbringing)

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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.