Lauliku soost

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

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

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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 110 Liitub sageli lauludega 83 ja 93. Vrd. lauluga 600 («Joojate soost»). Vt, ka 1808

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.

• Karksi (12)
• Kuusalu (10)
• Helme (8)
• Järva-Jaani (7)
• Kose (7)
• Haljala (6)
• Kadrina (6)
• Tõstamaa (6)
• Türi (6)
• Halliste (5)
• Kodavere (5)
• Peetri (5)
• Rapla (5)
• Harju-Jaani (4)
• Paistu (4)
• Pilistvere (4)
• Viru-Jaagupi (4)
• Häädemeeste (3)
• Järva-Madise (3)
• Kolga-Jaani (3)
• Laiuse (3)
• Lüganuse (3)
• Märjamaa (3)
• Pöide (3)
• Saarde (3)
• Suure-Jaani (3)
• Tartu (3)
• Tarvastu (3)
• Vigala (3)
• Väike-Maarja (3)
• Vändra (3)
• Ambla (2)
• Jüri (2)
• Karja (2)
• Keila (2)
• Koeru (2)
• Kullamaa (2)
• Narva l. (2)
• Pärnu-Jaagupi (2)
• Ridala (2)
• Saaremaa (2)
• Simuna (2)
• Viljandi (2)
• Viru-Nigula (2)
• Jõelähtme (1)
• Jõhvi (1)
• Karula (1)
• Karuse (1)
• Lääne-Nigula (1)
• Läänemaa (1)
• Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
• Martna (1)
• Mustjala (1)
• Nissi (1)
• Nõo (1)
• Otepää (1)
• Paide (1)
• Palamuse (1)
• Puhja (1)
• Põltsamaa (1)

When it was collected

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.

• Siin ei tohi latse laulda, EKmS 8° 2, 63/8 (3) — Karksi
• Laulik oli mu isagi ERA II 110, 22 (15) — Kuusalu
• Külatüdruku sõsare ERA II 78, 98/9 (20) — Helme
• Ma laulaks seda luguda EÜS VII 1660 (212) — Järva-Jaani
• Mina laulan, miks ei laula, EÜS IX 879 (66) — Kose
• Miks olete kullad kurvad E 35984/6 (29) — Haljala
• Ei ma tohi olla tumma E 34750 (1) — Kadrina
• Pisi, pisi, tasa, tasa E A 124 (5) — Tõstamaa
• Mina aga laalan, miks ei laala, E, StK 37, 180/1 (24) — Türi
• Näiukese, noorekese ERA II 83, 348/50 (5) — Halliste

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.

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. Pulmades laulikuks saanud (Become a Wedding Singer)
2. Ei ole tuim (I am not dull)
3. Pulmades laulikuks õppinud (Learned to Sing at Weddings)
4. Kust laulud saadud (Where the songs come from)
5. Pulmas laulikuks õppinud (Learned to sing at weddings)
6. Pulmas laulikuks õppind (Learned to sing at weddings)
7. Lauliku lapsepõlv (Singer's childhood)
8. Kust laulud (Where the songs come from)
9. Lauldud hobu ja sadul (The sung horse and saddle)
10. Laulud pulmas õpitud (Songs learned at the wedding)
11. Lauliku lapsepõli (Singer's Childhood)
12. Laulu võim (Power of song)
13. Suude sulg (The mouth-feather)
14. Tuim tüdruk (Dull girl)
15. Lauldud - hobu, sadul (Sung into being — horse, saddle)
16. Pulmades laulu õppinud (Song learned at weddings)
17. Lauljate sugu (Singers' Lineage)
18. Pole tuim (I am not dull)
19. Otsitakse laulikuid (Seeking Singers)
20. Pulmades laulud õppinud (Songs learned at weddings)

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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.