Palve sakstele
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Plea to the lords (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud ühiskondlikest vahekordadest (songs about social relations) › Mõis |
|---|---|
| Poems | 521 |
| Verses | 8,840 |
| Collection places | 91 |
| Collected | 1840s to 1940s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Peeter Penna · August Sildnik · Karl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Mihkel Pehka · Jüri Välbe · Rudolf Tamm · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Gustav Seen |
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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 1333. PALVE SAKSTELE
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.
- Tarvastu (26)
- Urvaste (22)
- Helme (21)
- Jõhvi (21)
- Karksi (16)
- Ambla (15)
- Koeru (14)
- Karula (13)
- Kuusalu (13)
- Otepää (13)
- Rõuge (13)
- Kolga-Jaani (12)
- Sangaste (12)
- välismaa (12)
- Paistu (10)
- Rõngu (10)
- Tõstamaa (10)
- Väike-Maarja (10)
- Haljala (9)
- Halliste (9)
- Harju-Jaani (9)
- Kursi (9)
- Puhja (9)
- Räpina (9)
- Suure-Jaani (9)
- Hargla (8)
- Laiuse (8)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (8)
- Põltsamaa (8)
- Tori (8)
- Viljandi (8)
- Pilistvere (7)
- Vigala (7)
- Viru-Nigula (7)
- Järva-Jaani (6)
- Järva-Madise (6)
- Kodavere (6)
- Lüganuse (6)
- Palamuse (6)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (6)
- Põlva (6)
- Äksi (6)
- Peetri (5)
- Pärnu (5)
- Pärnu l. (5)
- Simuna (5)
- Tartu (5)
- Torma (5)
- Vaivara (5)
- Kanepi (4)
- Karuse (4)
- Pöide (4)
- Risti (4)
- Setumaa (4)
- Häädemeeste (3)
- Märjamaa (3)
- Narva l. (3)
- Saarde (3)
- Tartu-Maarja (3)
- Türi (3)
…and 31 more places
- Viljandimaa (3)
- Vändra (3)
- Kadrina (2)
- Kose (2)
- Muhu (2)
- Pühalepa (2)
- Rakvere (2)
- Rannu (2)
- Reigi (2)
- Vastseliina (2)
- Viru-Jaagupi (2)
- Võnnu (2)
- Anna (1)
- Hageri (1)
- Hanila (1)
- Harjumaa (1)
- Iisaku (1)
- Jüri (1)
- Kaarma (1)
- Kihnu (1)
- Kullamaa (1)
- Käina (1)
- Läänemaa (1)
- Noarootsi (1)
- Sõrve (1)
- Tallinn (1)
- Tartumaa (1)
- Valga (1)
- Valjala (1)
- Varbla (1)
- Viljandi l. (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1840s | 3 |
| 1860s | 3 |
| 1870s | 18 |
| 1880s | 127 |
| 1890s | 151 |
| 1900s | 61 |
| 1910s | 61 |
| 1920s | 35 |
| 1930s | 34 |
| 1940s | 3 |
| year not recorded | 25 |
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.
- Meie mõisa põrgumõisa E 17281/2 (20) — Tarvastu
- Sea mõisa, põrgu mõisa EKS 14, 1 (1) — Urvaste
- Tere ärtu härrakene, EÜS VI 298 (5) — Helme
- Oi meie eleda erra, EÜS VI 1198/9 (130) — Jõhvi
- Sii om kurja kubja süüdü, ERA II 142, 445/6 (7) — Karksi
- Oh sina äkki ärrakene EÜS VII 1840/1 (21) — Ambla
- Oh me härbsi härrakesed EÜS VI 1498 (210) — Koeru
- "Tere helde härrakõni EÜS VI 217 (1) — Karula
- Oh sidä ilusa herra. E 43907 (27) — Kuusalu
- Ärtu, ärtu, ärräkene EÜS V 127 (154) — Otepää
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.
- Härra hea, kubjas kuri (The lord is good, the overseer cruel)
- Hirmus mõis (Terrible manor)
- Saksad põrgust (Masters from hell)
- Põrgu mõisa (Hell Manor)
- Põrgu mõis (Hell's Manor)
- Härrad ilusad valla vaevast (The lords grown fine on the parish's toil)
- Saksad ilusad valla vaevast (The masters grown fine on the parish's toil)
- Mõis ilus valla vaevast (The manor grown fair on the parish's toil)
- Äramineja sajatab mõisat (The Departing One Curses the Manor)
- Kalu vaatlemas (Watching Fish)
- Tänu mõistalgutel (Thanks at the manor work party)
- Äramineja sajatus (Curse on the one departing)
- Olge terved, meie härrad! (Be well, our masters!)
- Kuri mõisa (The cruel manor)
- Ostet orjad (Bought serfs)
- Kuri mõis (The Cruel Manor)
- Tänul mõisa talgutele (Gratitude for the manor's work party)
- Teopoisilaul (Farmhand's song)
- Lase lapsed lõunale (Let the children eat lunch)
- Kubjas, ära löö! (Overseer, don't strike!)
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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.