Õitsilaul
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Night-herding song (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Töölaulud (work songs) › Õitsilaulud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 117 |
| Verses | 2,243 |
| Collection places | 36 |
| Collected | 1870s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Oskar Loorits · Eduard Johannes Depmann (Depman) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Peeter Penna · Peeter Tatz (Avarsoo) · Juhan (Johann) Ilus · Hans Siimer · Hans Lensin · Jaak Kivisäk · Vilhelmine Kalkun |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
Suurem koondtüüp
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.
- Paistu (28)
- Karksi (10)
- Halliste (9)
- Tarvastu (9)
- Viljandi (8)
- Helme (7)
- Kõpu (6)
- Viljandi l. (5)
- Jõhvi (4)
- Tõstamaa (4)
- Nõo (3)
- Pilistvere (3)
- Vaivara (3)
- Valgamaa (3)
- Väike-Maarja (3)
- Kodavere (2)
- Pärnu (2)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (2)
- Rakvere (2)
- Sangaste (2)
- Tori (2)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Kadrina (1)
- Kambja (1)
- Koeru (1)
- Kolga-Jaani (1)
- Laiuse (1)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
- Märjamaa (1)
- Otepää (1)
- Puhja (1)
- Pärnumaa (1)
- Räpina (1)
- Rõngu (1)
- Simuna (1)
- Tartu (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 3 |
| 1880s | 15 |
| 1890s | 31 |
| 1900s | 19 |
| 1910s | 22 |
| 1920s | 20 |
| 1930s | 3 |
| year not recorded | 4 |
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.
- Siia, siia õitselise E 17729/30 (1) — Paistu
- Lääme õitse sõtsekene EÜS II 312 (14) — Karksi
- Siin om sööt obeste süüä, EÜS XII 1223/5 (11) — Halliste
- Sõtsikese linnukese E A 776/7 (8) — Tarvastu
- Õetsel sängid, õetsel mängid, E 55657/8 (6) — Viljandi
- Anda ei hiada hobusta EÜS VII 2647/8 (10) — Helme
- Õitsi õitsi tüdar noori E 20337 (1) — Kõpu
- Tere, tere äitsikene E 52697 — Viljandi l.
- Õitsilised, päitsilised EÜS X 2889 (30) — Jõhvi
- Uiut-tuiut tuulevarju E 20967/8 (3) — Tõstamaa
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.
- Ema käskis kodus magada (Mother Told Me to Sleep at Home)
- Õitselekutse (Invitation to the spring blossoming)
- Õitsilekutse (Invitation to the evening gathering)
- Kuhu teeme õitsitule (Where to Light the Midsummer Fire)
- Õitselaul (Blossom Song)
- Hoiatus õitse eest (Warning against early blooming)
- Kas on õitsid endised (Are the old blossoms gone)
- Siin on ilus õitsipaik (Here is a beautiful blossoming place)
- Ema hoiatab õitse eest (Mother Warns Against Suitors)
- Kas on head õitsid (Did Good Flowers Bloom?)
- Mälestus õitsiajast (Memory of the courting season)
- Õitseliste laul (Night herders' song)
- Ajage kari siia, õitselised (Drive the herd here, night-herders)
- Hoiatus õitsel magamise eest (Warning against sleeping at blossom time)
- Õitsel (At the Blossom Festival)
- Õitsil on säng ilus (The Bed Is Beautiful in Bloom)
- Mälestus õitseajast (Memory of blossoming days)
- Karske neiu (The chaste maiden)
- Õitsipaik (Place of blossoms)
- Neiu tahab õitsele (Maiden wants to go to the flower festival)
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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.