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Lauliku vaev

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

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

Filed underLaulud laulust (songs about singing) › Laulust ja laulikust
Poems179
Verses2,663
Collection places69
Collected1860s to 1930s
CollectorsKarl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Danel (Tanel) Pruhl (Pruul) · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Paul Friedrich (Paulopriit) Voolaine (Pedmanson) · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Mihkel Leppik · Julius Mark · Jakob Jagomann · Jakob Ilves

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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 112

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 9 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1860s4
1870s18
1880s40
1890s64
1900s9
1910s15
1920s13
1930s9
year not recorded7

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
Laulikule palka!15
Laulu võim11
Kust laulud saadud9
Laulja vaev8
Laulikule juua7
Rehepeksmine7
Kust laulud6
Palju sõnu6
Arg laulik5
Rehepeksu laul5
Suude sulg4
Hea hääl4

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. Laulja mured (Singer's worries)
  2. Rõõmus rehepeksja (The Joyful Thresher)
  3. Rehepeksu 1. (Threshing song)
  4. Kodu- ja mõisarehi (Home and manor threshing barn)
  5. Laulikule palka! (Pay the singer!)
  6. Rehepeksmine (Threshing)
  7. Laulikule raha (Money for the Singer)
  8. Laul laua pääl (Song at the table)
  9. Rehepeksu laul (Threshing Song)
  10. Laulust ei kaeta lauda (Song won't fill the barn)
  11. Reht ei pekseta minuta (No threshing without me)
  12. Kust laul õpitud (Where the Song Was Learned)
  13. Puhas rehepeksja (The Clean Thresher)
  14. Lauliku raha (Singer's earnings)
  15. Ei laul, vaid töö toidab (Not song, but work feeds you)
  16. Laul antud ajaviiteks (Song for pastime)
  17. Hää vili (Good Harvest)
  18. Laulajan palkka (Singer's reward)SKVR type
  19. Ei laula rahata (Won't sing without payment)
  20. Laulikule juua (Drink for the Singer)

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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.