Nuku nuku nukkeroinen
Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus
In English: Sleep, little sleeper (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)
| Filed under | Erilaisissa tilanteissa (songs for various occasions) › Kehtolaulut |
|---|---|
| Poems | 135 |
| Verses | 555 |
| Collection places | 56 |
| Collected | 1850s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Eemeli Vihervaara · Niilo Kallio · V. J. Kallio · Veikko Ruoppila · Vilho Saariluoma · Moision kansakoulu · Eemil Saarimaa · Varma Rantasalo · Esko Aaltonen · T. Renlund |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.
Nuku nuku nukkeroinen (kukkaseni), pane maata mansikkainen, pyhän pellon pientareelle. Jatkosäkeissä kehotetaan makean maidon juojaa nukkumaan makeasti. Toisinaan luvataan kääriä kehto kukkasilla tai esitetään toive, että tuudittaja saisi itsekin maata, vrt Nukuta Jumala lasta.
Lännessä (VIII, X, XIV) jatkona esiintyy myös Lintu tuopi liinapaidan -aihe. Samoin lännessä (VIII, X) tavataan säeparia Kyllä Herra herättää, vitsan varpu virvoittaa, vrt. >Nuku nuku nurmilintu.
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.
- Uskela (19)
- Sammatti (10)
- Yläne (8)
- Kuusjoki (7)
- Vihti (6)
- Salo (5)
- Alastaro (4)
- Loppi (4)
- Muurla (4)
- Pöytyä (4)
- Tammela (4)
- Askainen (3)
- Ikaalinen (3)
- Pusula (3)
- Somero (3)
- Jokioinen (2)
- Kangasala (2)
- Lohja (2)
- Marttila (2)
- Pirkkala (2)
- Pyhäjärvi Ul (2)
- Suomusjärvi (2)
- Angelniemi (1)
- Aura (1)
- Harjavalta (1)
- Iisalmi (1)
- Inkoo (1)
- Janakkala (1)
- Juva (1)
- Jämsä (1)
- Karjala Tl. (1)
- Kisko (1)
- Kittilä (1)
- Kuru (1)
- Lappee (1)
- Lemu (1)
- Lieto (1)
- Loimaa (1)
- Längelmäki (1)
- Maaria (1)
- Mynämäki (1)
- Narvusi (1)
- Nurmijärvi (1)
- Oripää (1)
- Paattinen (1)
- Perniö (1)
- Pertteli (1)
- Piikkiö (1)
- Punkalaidun (1)
- Pyhäjärvi Vpl. (1)
- Pälkäne (1)
- Sauvo (1)
- Säkylä (1)
- Sääksmäki (1)
- Tyrvää (1)
- Vihanti (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1850s | 3 |
| 1870s | 2 |
| 1880s | 2 |
| 1890s | 5 |
| 1900s | 21 |
| 1910s | 78 |
| 1920s | 2 |
| 1930s | 22 |
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.
- Nuku, nuku nuppurainen SKVR VIII 1822. — Uskela
- Nuku, nuku, nupperoinen, SKVR XIV 589. — Sammatti
- "Nuku nuku nunneriainen, SKVR VIII 1866. — Yläne
- Nuku, nuku nukkarainen SKVR VIII 1849. — Kuusjoki
- Nuku, nuku, nukkeroinen, SKVR XIV 576. — Vihti
- Nuku nuku nukeroinen SKVR VIII 1840. — Salo
- Nuku, nuku, nukkerainen, SKVR X1 714. — Alastaro
- Nuku nuku nukkerainen, SKVR IX1 928. — Loppi
- Nuku nuku nukkarainen SKVR VIII 1844. — Muurla
- "Nuku nuku nukeriainen, SKVR VIII 1863. — Pöytyä
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 |
|---|---|
| Lintu tuopi liinapaidan | 20 |
| Tule uni uunin päältä | 6 |
| Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu | 6 |
| Herran rauhaan | 5 |
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.
- Kyllä Herra herättää (Surely the Lord will wake you)
- Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu (Sleep, sleep, meadow bird (lullaby))
- Laula, lintu, kaunista kesää (Sing, bird, of the fair summer)
- Makaa marja, lepää lintu (Sleep, my berry; rest, my bird (lullaby))
- Herran rauhaan (To the Lord's peace)
- Herran enkelit (The Lord's Angels)
- Nuku, nuku, nurmennukka (Sleep, sleep, little meadow-flower (lullaby))
- Tuuti lasta nukkumaan, suuren vuoren kukkulaan (Rock the child to sleep, onto the great mountain's crest)
- Tule uni uunin päältä (Come sleep from atop the stove)
- Käki tuo suven sanoman (The cuckoo brings summer's message)
- Nukuta Jumala lasta (God, lull the child to sleep)
- Nukumäng (Doll Game)ERAB type
- Leinamäng (Mourning game)ERAB type
- Paa silmä umpeen (Close Your Eyes)
- Aa vauva, makaa kauan (Aa, baby, sleep long (lullaby))
- Mikä lapsella lienee (What ails the child)
- Tuuti lasta nukkumaan, lapsenpiika torkkumaan (Rock the child to sleep, the nursemaid to doze)
- Älä itke ilman syytä (Don't cry without reason)
- Lömbö lapset herättää (Lömbö wakes the children)
- Tuuti lasta tuomariksi (Lull the child to be a judge)
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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.