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Palju sõnu

Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database

In English: Many words (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

Filed underLaulud laulust (songs about singing) › Laulust ja laulikust
Poems220
Verses4,935
Collection places72
Collected1860s to 1940s
CollectorsKarl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Joosep Hurt · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Peeter Ruubel-Kõrnitse · Artur Martin · Peeter Tatz (Avarsoo) · Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Jaak Kivisäk · Leena Kase (Kaur)

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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 78, tuntud üle maa, eriti eP ja läänes; populaarne laul. Esineb kahes arenduses: A. «Koju jätsin kotitäie» ja B. «Enne lõpeb vesi merest ~ allikast». Esimene eriti saartel tuttav, kuhu liitub lõppu «Panin poisi hoidma» (vrd. 2930). Kihnus liitub siia laul 74. Sageli liitub lauluga

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.

…and 12 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1860s3
1870s12
1880s48
1890s57
1900s20
1910s29
1920s13
1930s15
1940s3
year not recorded20

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.

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.

TypePoems in common
Laulu võim24
Lauliku sõim14
Kust laulud saadud14
Suude sulg12
Kust laulud12
Halb laulik10
Arg laulik10
Küla ütel8
Lauliku lapsepõlv7
Lauliku lapsepõli7
Ei ole lauljat hulgas6
Lauliku vaev6

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.

  1. Palju laulu (Many songs)
  2. Sõnade sõlg (Brooch of words)
  3. Pole lauljat (There Is No Singer)
  4. Ei ole lauljat (There is no singer)
  5. Palju lugusid (Many tales)
  6. Hulgas pole lauljaid (No singers among us)
  7. Suude sulg (The mouth-feather)
  8. Ei laula üksinda (Does not sing alone)
  9. Laulu võim - palju laule (Power of song, many songs)
  10. Pulmades laulikuks õpinud (Learned to sing at weddings)
  11. Võitulaulmine (Victory Singing)
  12. Küla ütel (The Village Said)
  13. Laulu rohkus (Abundance of songs)
  14. Võidulaulmine (Singing contest)
  15. Võistul (In competition)
  16. Pole lauljat hulgas (No Singer Among Us)
  17. Laulu võim (Power of song)
  18. Sõnad ei lõpe (words without end)
  19. Palju laule (Many songs)
  20. Sõda jääb seisma (The war comes to a standstill)

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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.