Öösel üksi
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Alone at night (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud noorrahva elust (songs of young people's lives) › Unelmad ja ootused |
|---|---|
| Poems | 439 |
| Verses | 8,506 |
| Collection places | 95 |
| Collected | 1850s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Oskar Philipp Kallas · Hans Siimer · Peeter Penna · Gustav Seen · J. Peet · Ruuben Kõhelik |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
Öösel üksi: VK VIII 496, VK IX 342, VK XI 288, ERlA 2120; Öösi üksi – VK III 182, VK IV 182, VK V 259, VK VI 649, VK VII 237, VK X 205, ERlV V 101–102; Ole–ei mull hõlmulist – VK I 143.
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 (24)
- Viljandi (16)
- Haljala (12)
- Väike-Maarja (12)
- Halliste (11)
- Laiuse (11)
- Kolga-Jaani (10)
- Pilistvere (10)
- Rõuge (10)
- Saarde (10)
- Ambla (9)
- Kanepi (9)
- Vändra (9)
- Helme (8)
- Jõelähtme (8)
- Jüri (8)
- Koeru (8)
- Lüganuse (8)
- Paistu (8)
- Peetri (8)
- Põltsamaa (8)
- Simuna (8)
- Türi (8)
- välismaa (8)
- Harju-Jaani (7)
- Jõhvi (7)
- Kadrina (7)
- Otepää (7)
- Pärnu (7)
- Sangaste (7)
- Suure-Jaani (7)
- Tarvastu (7)
- Tõstamaa (7)
- Järva-Jaani (6)
- Kodavere (6)
- Palamuse (6)
- Põlva (6)
- Setumaa (6)
- Viru-Nigula (6)
- Audru (5)
- Juuru (5)
- Risti (5)
- Torma (5)
- Vigala (5)
- Kambja (4)
- Karksi (4)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (4)
- Tori (4)
- Urvaste (4)
- Viru-Jaagupi (4)
- Äksi (4)
- Häädemeeste (3)
- Karula (3)
- Karuse (3)
- Läänemaa (3)
- Märjamaa (3)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (3)
- Rannu (3)
- Rõngu (3)
- Tallinn (3)
…and 35 more places
- Tartu (3)
- Varbla (3)
- Vastseliina (3)
- Anseküla (2)
- Hanila (2)
- Kaarma (2)
- Kose (2)
- Kõpu (2)
- Lääne-Nigula (2)
- Martna (2)
- Muhu (2)
- Narva l. (2)
- Puhja (2)
- Rapla (2)
- Vaivara (2)
- Hargla (1)
- Hiiumaa (1)
- Iisaku (1)
- Järva-Madise (1)
- Keila (1)
- Kirbla (1)
- Kursi (1)
- Nõo (1)
- Paide (1)
- Paide l. (1)
- Pärnumaa (1)
- Pöide (1)
- Pühalepa (1)
- Ridala (1)
- Tartu-Maarja (1)
- Valga (1)
- Viljandi l. (1)
- Viljandimaa (1)
- Võnnu (1)
- Võrumaa (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1850s | 2 |
| 1860s | 1 |
| 1870s | 24 |
| 1880s | 109 |
| 1890s | 138 |
| 1900s | 39 |
| 1910s | 49 |
| 1920s | 40 |
| 1930s | 21 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| year not recorded | 15 |
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.
- Üö tuleb, pimejä jouuab, AES, MT 141, 18 — Kuusalu
- Miks oled sina aga minda loonud ERA II 141, 134/5 (128) — Viljandi
- Kudas pean üksi olema E 38071 (3) — Haljala
- Olge prisked, meie piiad EÜS VII 1875/8 (63) — Väike-Maarja
- Mehe, minge magame, EÜS XII 1287/9 (52) — Halliste
- Isa läheb emaga õhtale, EÜS V 1120/1 (141) — Laiuse
- Õhtu tuleb õnne kaudu E 25595 (1) — Kolga-Jaani
- Muidu elaks kuida elaks E 15446 — Pilistvere
- Lätsi ma lõukalõ magama, ERA II 56, 91 (1) — Rõuge
- Päe veereb vetta möödä E 31183/4 (5) — 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 |
|---|---|
| Öösi üksi | 62 |
| Kaasa kaugel | 26 |
| Õhtu toob õled tuppa | 5 |
| Kuri naine | 4 |
| Hollandi sulane | 4 |
| Vanal mehel | 4 |
| Arg kosilane | 3 |
| Kuldnaine | 3 |
| Teng, hobu, naine | 3 |
| Kellele kurdan? | 3 |
| Lauliku sõim | 3 |
| Must naine | 3 |
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.
- Kartus kurjast naisest (Fear of an evil wife)
- Õhtu tulek (Evening's arrival)
- Vägilase lapsepõli (The Strongman's Childhood)
- Õhtu toob õled (Evening brings straw)
- Kaasa igatsus (Longing for a spouse)
- Õhtu (Evening)
- Öösi (Night song)
- Kellele kurdan? (To whom do I complain?)
- Õhtu ja hommik (Evening and morning)
- Kaas kaugel (Companion far away)
- Õhtu toob õled tuppa (Evening Brings Straw Inside)
- Kaasa kaugel (The future spouse far away)
- Kodu kaugel (Home is far away)
- Kellel kurdan (To whom do I complain)
- Magama (Going to sleep)
- Päev lahutab pere (The day disperses the household)
- Õhtu toob kokku (Evening brings together)
- Vanale (Married to an old man)
- Karjas (At pasture)
- Kuldnaine (The golden woman)
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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.