Orja palk
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: The servant's wage (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud ühiskondlikest vahekordadest (songs about social relations) › Orja laulud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 225 |
| Verses | 5,991 |
| Collection places | 81 |
| Collected | 1860s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Helene Maasen-Varik · Jüri Välbe · Karl Viljak · Gustav Seen · J. Peet · Hans Leoke |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
ERlA 1531. ORJA PALK
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 (15)
- Tarvastu (13)
- Halliste (11)
- Karksi (9)
- Viljandi (9)
- Harju-Jaani (8)
- Helme (7)
- Kolga-Jaani (7)
- Laiuse (7)
- Türi (7)
- Põltsamaa (6)
- Ambla (5)
- Kose (5)
- Palamuse (5)
- Pilistvere (5)
- Simuna (5)
- Viljandimaa (5)
- Haljala (4)
- Jüri (4)
- Kuusalu (4)
- Paide (4)
- Peetri (4)
- Puhja (4)
- Sangaste (4)
- Torma (4)
- Äksi (4)
- Jõhvi (3)
- Karula (3)
- Koeru (3)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (3)
- Rõngu (3)
- Vigala (3)
- Viljandi l. (3)
- Audru (2)
- Iisaku (2)
- Järva-Jaani (2)
- Järva-Madise (2)
- Jõelähtme (2)
- Karja (2)
- Kodavere (2)
- Märjamaa (2)
- Otepää (2)
- Paide l. (2)
- Pärnu (2)
- Põlva (2)
- Rannu (2)
- Tartu (2)
- Tori (2)
- Tõstamaa (2)
- Urvaste (2)
- Võnnu (2)
- Emmaste (1)
- Hageri (1)
- Hanila (1)
- Häädemeeste (1)
- Jaani (1)
- Kaarma (1)
- Kanepi (1)
- Kihnu (1)
- Kursi (1)
…and 21 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1860s | 3 |
| 1870s | 13 |
| 1880s | 57 |
| 1890s | 75 |
| 1900s | 19 |
| 1910s | 19 |
| 1920s | 8 |
| 1930s | 13 |
| 1940s | 2 |
| year not recorded | 16 |
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.
- Peremees, peremeheke E 19329 (11) — Paistu
- Seda ei tää ega-i mõista, ERA II 78, 115/6 (46) — Tarvastu
- Tule ori, võta oma, ERA II 24, 350 (3) — Halliste
- Maal meid vaimi vaevatasse, ERA II 142, 442/5 (6) — Karksi
- Peremiis, peremehekene, ERA II 124, 447/8 (9) — Viljandi
- Peremees, peremehike EÜS IX 1104/5 (21) — Harju-Jaani
- Peremees, peremeheke, EÜS V 378/9 (69) — Helme
- Peremees, peremeheke ERA II 141, 135/6 (129) — Kolga-Jaani
- Oh neid hulle orjapäävi E 41084/5 — Laiuse
- Peremees, peremehikene, E 57560 (1) — Türi
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.
- Ori taevas (The Serf in Heaven)
- Orja ei lasta koju käima (The serf is not let home)Filed on the same poems: Sügisel jõed sügavad
- Ori lahkub (The servant leaves)
- Ori läheb ära (The Stallion Leaves)
- Anna hästi orjal süüa (Feed the serf well)
- Anna hästi orjale süüa (Feed the serf well)
- Sulane läheb ära (The farmhand departs)
- Lõpeta tüli toast (End the quarrel indoors)Filed on the same poems: Ärge tülitsege
- Anna orjale süüa, ori söödab härgi (Give the serf food, the serf feeds the oxen)
- Orja uni (The Slave's Dream)
- Kepp - orja palk (The stick is the serf's wage)
- Sulane lähab ära (Farmhand leaves)
- Kerjuselaul (Beggar's song)
- Sandi mäng (Beggar's game)
- Orjus raske, palk väike (Bondage hard, wages small)
- Ihne perenaine (The stingy housewife)
- Keedeti kingaleent (Boiling Shoe Broth)
- Kuna orja kiidetakse (When the serf is praised)
- Sulane palub õhtale (Farmhand asks for the evening)
- Teomehe palk (Serf's wages)
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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.