Miks ei mullu tulnud
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Why didn't you come last year (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud noorrahva elust (songs of young people's lives) › Kosjad |
|---|---|
| Poems | 276 |
| Verses | 5,421 |
| Collection places | 76 |
| Collected | 1820s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Viljak · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Peeter Penna · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Jüri Välbe · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Jaan Bergmann · Julius Aleksander Rehberg (Reepärg) |
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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 2332. MIKS EI MULLU TULNUD
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 (17)
- Jõhvi (14)
- Kuusalu (14)
- Kolga-Jaani (12)
- Viljandi (10)
- Kadrina (9)
- Väike-Maarja (9)
- Laiuse (8)
- Otepää (8)
- Torma (8)
- Viru-Jaagupi (8)
- Lüganuse (7)
- Põltsamaa (7)
- Vaivara (7)
- Vigala (7)
- Viru-Nigula (7)
- Palamuse (6)
- Koeru (5)
- Räpina (5)
- Simuna (5)
- Ambla (4)
- Harju-Jaani (4)
- Iisaku (4)
- Karula (4)
- Narva l. (4)
- Paistu (4)
- Suure-Jaani (4)
- välismaa (4)
- Jõelähtme (3)
- Kanepi (3)
- Karksi (3)
- Kose (3)
- Lihula (3)
- Peetri (3)
- Pilistvere (3)
- Saarde (3)
- Tartu (3)
- Tartu-Maarja (3)
- Urvaste (3)
- Äksi (3)
- Halliste (2)
- Harju-Madise (2)
- Häädemeeste (2)
- Kursi (2)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (2)
- Martna (2)
- Paide l. (2)
- Pärnu (2)
- Rapla (2)
- Risti (2)
- Rõuge (2)
- Sangaste (2)
- Vändra (2)
- Võnnu (2)
- Hanila (1)
- Helme (1)
- Jaani (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
- Kambja (1)
- Karuse (1)
…and 16 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1820s | 1 |
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 18 |
| 1880s | 71 |
| 1890s | 73 |
| 1900s | 25 |
| 1910s | 29 |
| 1920s | 24 |
| 1930s | 15 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 18 |
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.
- Neitsikene noorukene, E 15251/2 (1) — Haljala
- Neitsikene, noorukene E 9091/2 (4) — Jõhvi
- Neitsikene nuorukene EÜS II 600/1 (101) — Kuusalu
- Turu Toomas poisikene ERA II 11, 192/4 (1) — Kolga-Jaani
- Neitsikesed noorukesed E 19045a — Viljandi
- Neitsikene noorukene, EÜS I 911/2 (53) — Kadrina
- Võtkud ,võtkud, võtkud sõivad EÜS VII 1851 (36) — Väike-Maarja
- Neitsikene noorekene E 55963/5 — Laiuse
- Neitsikene, noorekene EÜS V 130 (159) — Otepää
- Minu Triinu trilla-tralla, E 40134 (1) — Torma
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.
- Kuningamäng (King's game)
- Tule mulle! (Come to me! (love appeal))
- Ait nooriku magada (Bride sleeping in the granary)
- Miks ei mullu tulnud mulle (Why Did You Not Come Last Year)
- Miks ei mulle tulnud (Why didn't you come to me)
- Kuri kaasa (The wicked spouse)
- Kahetseb endist kosilast (Regretting the former suitor)
- Mis sa tõrgud mulle tulles (Why do you resist my coming)
- Sõima suu (Scolding mouth)
- Miks ei mullu mulle tulnud (Why didn't you come last year)
- Miks sa mullu meile ei tulnud (Why did you not come to us last year)
- Langenud neiu hoopleb (The fallen maiden boasts)
- Tulnud mullu meile (Came to Us Last Year)
- Oleks mullu mulle tulnud (Would have come to me last year)
- Mullu käisid paljud kosilased (Last year many suitors came)
- Põlvist põdema (Ailing in the knees)
- Neiu saanud vennanaise (Maiden becomes sister-in-law)
- Kuldne kuningas (Golden king)
- Miks sa tõrgud mulle tulles (Why Do You Resist When I Come)
- Linnulaskja (The Bird Shooter)
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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.