Orjade tee
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Serfs' road (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud meelelahutamiseks (songs for entertainment) › Teekäigulaulud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 106 |
| Verses | 2,524 |
| Collection places | 43 |
| Collected | 1870s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Jüri Välbe · Hans Karu (Karro) · Johannes Grauberg (1935. a.-st Raidla) · Mihkel Elias (Eljas) · Hans Siimer · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · J. Peet · J. Ekemann |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
Orjade tee: VK IX 122, VK X 53, VK XI 71, VK XII 122, VK XIII 91, VK XIV*, ERlA 1046; Orjade rada – VK VI 205, VK VIII 167; Tööle minnes – VK I 78; Kuld jälje peal – VK VIII*, VK IX*, ERlA 1047. Vrd Kuld – VK IV 44.
ERlA 1046. Orjade tee: tuntud üle maa (välja arvatud saared), eelistavalt aga eP. Paralleeltüüp laulule 1048 («Jumala tee»). Peamine liide on lauluga 1047 («Kuld jälje pea
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.
- Jõhvi (9)
- Kolga-Jaani (9)
- Põltsamaa (9)
- Ambla (5)
- Kadrina (5)
- Kursi (4)
- Kuusalu (4)
- Laiuse (4)
- Viru-Jaagupi (4)
- Haljala (3)
- Helme (3)
- Kodavere (3)
- Palamuse (3)
- Pilistvere (3)
- Simuna (3)
- Türi (3)
- Viljandi (3)
- Väike-Maarja (3)
- Harju-Jaani (2)
- Järva-Jaani (2)
- Järva-Madise (2)
- Paide (2)
- Torma (2)
- Äksi (2)
- Audru (1)
- Häädemeeste (1)
- Jõelähtme (1)
- Kanepi (1)
- Koeru (1)
- Kose (1)
- Lüganuse (1)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
- Märjamaa (1)
- Peetri (1)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (1)
- Rannu (1)
- Risti (1)
- Rõngu (1)
- Tõstamaa (1)
- Vaivara (1)
- Vigala (1)
- Viljandi l. (1)
- välismaa (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 7 |
| 1880s | 21 |
| 1890s | 34 |
| 1900s | 15 |
| 1910s | 11 |
| 1920s | 8 |
| 1930s | 6 |
| 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.
- Lähme tiedä tipilista ERM 5, 60/2 (8) — Jõhvi
- Lõpe, lõpe, põllukene! ERA II 123, 358/9 (6) — Kolga-Jaani
- Lähme seda teeda mööda E 31721 — Põltsamaa
- Lähme, lähme, käime käime E 10841 (5) — Ambla
- Lähme, lähme, käime, käime, E 34079 (1) — Kadrina
- Tulge nüüd, lähme nüüd EÜS VIII 235 (22) — Kursi
- Lähme, lähme, käime, käime! E 50636 (3 (27)) — Kuusalu
- Helise helise metsa E 47126/30 (19) — Laiuse
- Lähme, lähme; käime, käime E, StK 2, 33/4 (33) — Viru-Jaagupi
- Lähme aga tehtud tieda müöda, EÜS X 1530 (74) — Haljala
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 |
|---|---|
| Orjade rada | 28 |
| Kuld | 14 |
| Kuld jälje peal | 10 |
| Salme | 8 |
| Tähemõrsja | 8 |
| Imemaa | 6 |
| Pisut saab ori magada | 6 |
| Tee-ilu! | 5 |
| Hommiku hooled | 5 |
| Ärge naerge | 5 |
| Tuule tuba | 4 |
| Halb sirp | 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.
- Tee-ilu! (Make Beauty!)
- Jumala tee (God's Way)
- Teekäijad (Wayfarers)
- Kuld jälje peal (Gold on the Trail)
- Kuld (Gold)
- Kurva kodu (Sorrowful home)
- Ehete sepp (Jewelry Smith)
- Taevased kosilased (Heavenly Suitors)
- Tuule tuba (Room of the Wind)
- Maarja tee (Mary's road)
- Sepp (sulatab suus) (The smith (melts in the mouth))
- Sepp tee sõlg (Blacksmith, make a brooch)
- Imesepp (Wonder smith)
- Linnukene oksa peal (Little bird on a branch)Filed on the same poems: Teekäigul.
- Tuuletuba - kurva kodu (Windy house, sad home)
- Teel ilutegemine (Adorning oneself on the way)
- Tehtud tee (The road that's been made)
- Imemaa (Wonderland)
- Jumala rada (God's road)
- Orja ohkamine läheb kupja pääle (Serf's sighing falls on the overseer)
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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.