Miu, mau, Martti kuoli
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Miu, mau (meow), Martti (Martin) died (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Erilaisissa tilanteissa (songs for various occasions) › Kehtolaulut |
|---|---|
| Poems | 112 |
| Verses | 561 |
| Collection places | 45 |
| Collected | 1880s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Aukusti Salo · Perä-Pohjolan ja Lapin Kotiseutuyhdistys · Esko Aaltonen · Eemeli Vihervaara · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · M. Leander · Anni Husu · Reino Ollila · Lempi Louhe · Hämeenlinnan alakansakouluseminaari |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Kirkonkellot paukkuvat kuolleelle Martille (Matille, Mustille, Paavalille, papille, Pietarille, Vapulle, vaarille, valarille), ja järjestetään omalaatuiset peijaiset: Harakka haudan kaivaa, varis virttä veisaa, kettu kellot soittaa, vrt. Eläimet hautaajina.
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.
- Hattula (20)
- Kemi (8)
- Alatornio (6)
- Hauho (6)
- Kemijärvi (6)
- Tammela (5)
- Mäntsälä (4)
- Tyrväntö (4)
- Janakkala (3)
- Kymi (3)
- Pälkäne (3)
- Rovaniemi (3)
- Sääksmäki (3)
- Hämeenlinna (2)
- Kauhava (2)
- Loppi (2)
- Tuulos (2)
- Veteli (2)
- Vihti (2)
- Hyvinkää (1)
- Kalvola (1)
- Kirvu (1)
- Kiuruvesi (1)
- Koivisto (1)
- Koprina (1)
- Kuortane (1)
- Kärkölä (1)
- Lammi (1)
- Lapinjärvi (1)
- Lappee (1)
- Lohja (1)
- Luopioinen (1)
- Muhos (1)
- Nurmijärvi (1)
- Polvijärvi (1)
- Porvoo (1)
- Porvoo mlk (1)
- Pukkila (1)
- Puolanka (1)
- Pyhäjoki (1)
- Sahalahti (1)
- Somerniemi (1)
- Tervola (1)
- Utajärvi (1)
- Vuokkiniemi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 1 |
| 1890s | 4 |
| 1900s | 3 |
| 1910s | 84 |
| 1920s | 9 |
| 1930s | 11 |
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.
- Miu mau Mikko kuoli, SKVR IX1 3204. — Hattula
- Miu, mau, Martti kuoli, SKVR XII1 593. — Kemi
- Mau, mau, Matti kuoli, SKVR XII1 590. — Alatornio
- Miu mau Mikko kuali SKVR IX1 3236. — Hauho
- Piun, paun, palarin, paun, paum. SKVR XII1 764. — Kemijärvi
- Harakka hauran kaivo SKVR IX1 3194. — Tammela
- Miu mau Mikko kuoli. SKVR XIV 1283. — Mäntsälä
- Miu mau Mikko kuali SKVR IX1 3201. — Tyrväntö
- Miu mau Mikko kuali SKVR IX1 3227. — Janakkala
- Min man Mikkeli kuoli, SKVR XIV 1281. — Kymi
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.
- Aa aa akkani kuoli - kuka näki, hautasi (Aa aa, my wife died — who saw it, buried her)
- Körö körö kirkkoon/tätilään/Huittisiin - kestitys (Körö körö riding song — hospitality)
- Eläimet hautaajina (Animals as Gravediggers)
- Mikko
- Ii, mii, Mikko kulta - akka kuoli? (Ii, mii, dear Mikko — did the old wife die?)
- Eläinten pidot (Animals' feast)
- Aa aa akkani kuoli - saisin toisen (Aa aa, my wife died — I could get another)
- Kissa kuoli kiireellä ajalla (The cat died in the busy season)
- Soudan, soudan Sorolaan, tätilään - täti lypsää, ukko juo (I row, row to Sorola, to auntie's — aunt milks, old man drinks)
- Hauki tuli vastaan (The pike came to meet me)
- Piu pau papinkello (Ding dong church bell)
- Visukinttu vietäköön, mäen takana syötäköön (Away with the skinflint, let him be eaten behind the hill)
- Miu, mau mikotinta (Miu, mau mikotinta (nonsense refrain))
- Aa hussala heijaa, tule huomenna meille (Aa hussala heijaa, come to us tomorrow (lullaby))
- Kukkokuurosilla (At cockcrow)
- Huis sika huntilaan (Shoo, pig, away)
- Tule huomenna meille, saat sylttyä syödä (Come to us tomorrow, you'll eat brawn)
- Marjaan mennessä (Going berry-picking)
- Harakka huttua keittää (The magpie cooks porridge)
- Pium paum paukkaa, jänis metsässä laukkaa (Pium paum (bang), the hare gallops in the forest)
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Sources: the type’s name, filing and description come from the SKVR type index of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS); the counts, places, decades and collectors are counted from the poems on RunoVerse.