Neiu tahab talupojale
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Maiden wants a peasant (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud noorrahva elust (songs of young people's lives) › Kosjad |
|---|---|
| Poems | 101 |
| Verses | 2,739 |
| Collection places | 53 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Anton Suurkask · Tõnu Wiedemann (Võimula) · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Hans Lensin · Mats Kaur · J. Ekemann · Julius Aleksander Rehberg (Reepärg) · Hermann Länts |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
VK XI 242, VK V 248, VK VI 692, VK VIII 525, VK IX 362, ERlA 2288; Mina lähen põllumehele – VK II 47; Neiu läheb põllumehele – VK III 121. Ülemaaliselt tuttav laulutüüp, eriti populaarne Põhja-Eestis. Ei esine puhtalt, vaid ikka kuidagi liitunult. Põhiliselt varianditi kahesuguse ülese
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.
- Lüganuse (5)
- Sangaste (5)
- Ambla (4)
- Haljala (4)
- Jõhvi (4)
- Kose (4)
- Kuusalu (4)
- Paistu (4)
- Viru-Nigula (4)
- Kadrina (3)
- Kambja (3)
- Otepää (3)
- Räpina (3)
- Rõngu (3)
- Rõuge (3)
- Väike-Maarja (3)
- Võnnu (3)
- Harju-Jaani (2)
- Karula (2)
- Peetri (2)
- Pärnu l. (2)
- Põltsamaa (2)
- Tartu (2)
- Tarvastu (2)
- Torma (2)
- Urvaste (2)
- Vändra (2)
- välismaa (2)
- Äksi (2)
- Audru (1)
- Halliste (1)
- Hargla (1)
- Helme (1)
- Järva-Jaani (1)
- Jõelähtme (1)
- Jüri (1)
- Karuse (1)
- Kodavere (1)
- Kolga-Jaani (1)
- Kullamaa (1)
- Laiuse (1)
- Nõo (1)
- Palamuse (1)
- Pärnu (1)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (1)
- Saarde (1)
- Setumaa (1)
- Simuna (1)
- Tori (1)
- Vaivara (1)
- Vastseliina (1)
- Viljandi (1)
- Võrumaa (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 2 |
| 1870s | 3 |
| 1880s | 24 |
| 1890s | 42 |
| 1900s | 10 |
| 1910s | 7 |
| 1920s | 7 |
| 1930s | 3 |
| year not recorded | 3 |
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, StK 26, 6/7 (7) — Lüganuse
- Neitsikene noorekene H II 29, 697/8 (22) — Sangaste
- Ei ma kurda ega karda E 17819/21 (7) — Ambla
- Eit käskis käule minna E 9331/2 (19) — Haljala
- Olin mina noor ja väikene E A 1028/31 (6) — Jõhvi
- Ei mina taha mölderille E 9028 (17) — Kose
- Kristiina kivellä istus H IV 6, 207/8 (42) — Kuusalu
- Ei ma salli saksameesta E 11604/5 (6) — Paistu
- Ei mina taha tallipoissi, EKmS 4° 1, 25/6 (32) — Viru-Nigula
- Ei mina taha tallipoissi EÜS VII 330 (98) — Kadrina
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.
| Type | Poems in common |
|---|---|
| Talupojale | 55 |
| Ei mere- ega metsamehele | 5 |
| Palju püütud neiu | 4 |
| Ei lähe meremehele | 4 |
| Hea ja halb mees | 3 |
| Teekäija ja vastutulijad | 2 |
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.
- Põllumehele (Married to a farmer)
- Neiu valib kupja (Maiden chooses the overseer)
- Ära müü möldrile (Don't sell to the miller)
- Neiu tahab kupjale (Maiden wants the overseer)
- Ei taha talupojale (Doesn't want a peasant)
- Ei taha möldrile (Don't want to go to the miller)
- Neiu läheb põllumehele (Maiden marries a farmer)
- Sulasele (Married to a farmhand)
- Kündja kübar (Plowman's hat)
- Ei lähe sepale (Won't go to the blacksmith)
- Neiu läheb talupojale (Maiden marries a peasant)
- Ei lähe möldrile (Won't go to the miller)
- Neiu tahab mõisaherrat (Maiden desires the manor lord)
- Ei lähe karjasele (Won't marry a shepherd)
- Ei lähe mõisamehele (Won't marry a manor man)
- Talupoeg kõikide toitja (Peasant, provider of all)
- Mölder ja kangur (Miller and weaver)
- Ära müü mölderile (Don't sell to the miller)
- Talumees tööle tark (Farmer skilled at work)
- Must mees mure pidaja (Dark Man, Keeper of Sorrows)
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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.