Õhtul ilus laulda
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Beautiful to sing in the evening (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud laulust (songs about singing) › Laulust ja laulikust |
|---|---|
| Poems | 145 |
| Verses | 2,581 |
| Collection places | 38 |
| Collected | 1870s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Karl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Peeter Penna · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Karl Luud · Jüri Ustallo · Hans Lohk · Madis Reimann · Otto Hintzenberg · Jakob Jagomann |
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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 VII 220. Õhtul ilus laulda - VK VI 580, ERlA 58 ja EKl IV; VK III 75 ja ERlV V 14: Õhtu ilu.ERlA 58, tuntud üle maa, eriti eP ja läänes (Audru, Tõstamaa). Liitub sageli lauluga 65; eP ka laulu 106 («Ärge sööge mu sõnu») lõppu. Lauldud õhtustel käikudel.
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.
- Kuusalu (30)
- Harju-Jaani (11)
- Haljala (9)
- välismaa (9)
- Ambla (8)
- Tori (7)
- Kadrina (6)
- Kihnu (6)
- Pärnu (5)
- Saarde (5)
- Viru-Jaagupi (5)
- Audru (4)
- Jõelähtme (4)
- Räpina (4)
- Tõstamaa (4)
- Vigala (4)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (3)
- Häädemeeste (2)
- Märjamaa (2)
- Narva l. (2)
- Simuna (2)
- Suure-Jaani (2)
- Vastseliina (2)
- Viljandi (2)
- Viru-Nigula (2)
- Võrumaa (2)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Karuse (1)
- Laiuse (1)
- Mihkli (1)
- Otepää (1)
- Palamuse (1)
- Pilistvere (1)
- Pärnu l. (1)
- Setumaa (1)
- Vaivara (1)
- Väike-Maarja (1)
- Vändra (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 11 |
| 1880s | 35 |
| 1890s | 40 |
| 1900s | 11 |
| 1910s | 23 |
| 1920s | 6 |
| 1930s | 9 |
| year not recorded | 10 |
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.
- Neitsikesed noorukesed E A 209/10 (5) — Kuusalu
- Teeme õhtule iluda E 15656 (141) — Harju-Jaani
- Teeme õhtale iluda E 11626/7 — Haljala
- Teeme õhtulla iluda EÜS II 537/8 (40) — välismaa
- Nüüd ilus Virula veeta E 11793 (17) — Ambla
- Ilus oli laulda õeke ja kaske E 56457 (2) — Tori
- Nüid ilus vilula vierda H I 1, 81 (5) — Kadrina
- Ilus oli, ilus oli õed hellad, E 59471 (9) — Kihnu
- Ilus, ilus õed ja noored kaske E 13285 (3) — Pärnu
- Mis sa huikad õekene E 18040 — Saarde
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 |
|---|---|
| Õhtu ilu | 92 |
| Metsamurd | 15 |
| Kalajõgi | 15 |
| Laulu võim | 9 |
| Õhtul ilu | 9 |
| Neiu linn | 4 |
| Kust laulud saadud | 4 |
| Vikat haavab venda | 3 |
| Sirp | 3 |
| Venna veri | 3 |
| Ärge sööge mu südant | 2 |
| Tähemõrsja | 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.
- Õhtul laulmise asemel niitmas (Mowing Instead of Evening Singing)
- Jõgi - kalad (River and fish)
- Kulla kodu (Beloved's home)
- Millal lään isale? (When shall I go to father?)
- Vikat haavab venda (The scythe wounds the brother)
- Juured ühte - jõgi (Roots together, one river)
- Kalad vees (Fish in the Water)
- Juured ühes (Roots together)
- Vikati sajatus (Scythe curse)
- Oma poole kiitus (Praising one's own side)
- Kalajõgi ja kalapüüdja (The fishing river and the fisherman)
- Oma küla kiitus (Praise of one's own village)
- Ärge sööge mu sõnada (Don't devour my words)Filed on the same poems: Ärge sööge mu sõnu
- Helise, mets! (Ring out, forest!)
- Millal saan omile? (When will I return to my own?)
- La mie vieretän vilulla (Let Me Roll in the Cold)SKVR type
- Iltalaulu niittäessä (Evening song while mowing)SKVR type
- Nyt on tyynet nurmen nurkat (Now the Meadow Lies Still)SKVR type
- Kellele hoiad häält (For whom do you save your voice)Filed on the same poems: Laul kaugele
- Tee-ilu! (Make Beauty!)
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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.