Sirbiviskamise laul
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Sickle throwing song (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Töölaulud (work songs) › Lõikuslaulud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 223 |
| Verses | 1,699 |
| Collection places | 81 |
| Collected | 1870s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Richard Viidalepp (Viidebaum) · Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Paul Ariste (Berg) · Peeter Penna · Jüri Välbe · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Bernhard Sööt · Mihkel Jürna |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
Sirise, sirbikene!: VK V 3, VK VII 158, VK X 4, VK XI 128, ERlV I D 24–26, 48; Sirise, sirbike! – VK VI 107, VK VIII 128; Sirbiviskamine – VK III 345; Sirbiviskamise laul – VK IX 75, ERlA 801.
ERlA: 801. Sirbiviskamise laul: populaarne laul, tuntud üle maa, eriti aga Põhja-Eestis (Virus,
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.
- Torma (11)
- Jõhvi (9)
- Kadrina (9)
- Laiuse (8)
- Märjamaa (8)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (7)
- Simuna (7)
- Viru-Jaagupi (7)
- Kuusalu (6)
- Tõstamaa (6)
- Ambla (5)
- Haljala (5)
- Häädemeeste (5)
- Järva-Jaani (5)
- Jõelähtme (5)
- Viru-Nigula (5)
- Iisaku (4)
- Kose (4)
- Lüganuse (4)
- Pöide (4)
- Viljandi (4)
- välismaa (4)
- Karuse (3)
- Kodavere (3)
- Kolga-Jaani (3)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (3)
- Mustjala (3)
- Palamuse (3)
- Pilistvere (3)
- Ridala (3)
- Rõngu (3)
- Rõuge (3)
- Tarvastu (3)
- Väike-Maarja (3)
- Halliste (2)
- Harju-Jaani (2)
- Helme (2)
- Karksi (2)
- Keila (2)
- Koeru (2)
- Kursi (2)
- Käina (2)
- Nõo (2)
- Otepää (2)
- Paistu (2)
- Peetri (2)
- Puhja (2)
- Pärnu (2)
- Põlva (2)
- Saarde (2)
- Setumaa (2)
- Suure-Jaani (2)
- Urvaste (2)
- Vaivara (2)
- Varbla (2)
- Vigala (2)
- Võnnu (2)
- Võrumaa (2)
- Haapsalu (1)
- Hageri (1)
…and 21 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 6 |
| 1880s | 27 |
| 1890s | 37 |
| 1900s | 21 |
| 1910s | 26 |
| 1920s | 52 |
| 1930s | 45 |
| year not recorded | 9 |
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.
- Sirise, sirise, sirbike, ERA II 30, 32 (8) — Torma
- Sirise sirise sirbikene EÜS II 660 (155) — Jõhvi
- Sirise, sirise, sirpi, AES, MT 244, 35 — Kadrina
- Sirise, sirise sirbike, ERA II 149, 173 (49) — Laiuse
- Sirise, sirise, sirbikene, ERA II 7, 269 (4) — Märjamaa
- Sirise, sirise sirbikene, E 26964 (3) — Pärnu-Jaagupi
- Sirise, sirise, sirbike, ERA II 12, 420 (58) — Simuna
- Sirise sirise sirbikene, AES, MT 3, 4 (11) — Viru-Jaagupi
- Sirise, sirise, sirbikene EÜS VIII 1384 (90) — Kuusalu
- Sirise, sirise sirbikene, E, StK 3, 23 (5) — Tõstamaa
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 |
|---|---|
| Sirise, sirbike! | 55 |
| Sirise, sirbikene! | 51 |
| Sirise, sirp! | 27 |
| Sirbiviskamine | 18 |
| Lauldes läbi metsa | 15 |
| Lõikuselaul | 12 |
| Halb sirp | 2 |
| Sirise sirpi | 2 |
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.
- Lauldes läbi metsa (Singing through the forest)
- Lauldes läbi laane (Singing through the forest)
- Lõikuselaul (Harvest Song)
- Laulab läbi metsa (Singing through the forest)
- Talgulaul (Work party song)
- Lõpe, põld! (End now, field! (reaping song))
- Neiud öösel lauldes käima (Maidens walking and singing at night)
- Kiidan oma valda (I praise my parish)Filed on the same poems: Naabrivaldade laitmine
- Rukkilõikus (Rye harvest)
- Kolm metsa (Three forests)
- Väsinud lõikaja (The tired reaper)
- Jätan lindude süüa (I leave it for the birds)
- Suur härg (The great ox)
- Lõpe põllukene (Come to an end, little field)
- Rukiinleikkuun loputtua (After the rye harvest)SKVR type
- Lähme lauldes läbi metsa (Let's go singing through the forest)
- Valelik (The liar)
- Halb sirp (The bad sickle)
- Neiud vastu ööd käimas (Maidens Out at Nightfall)
- Talgusele kutse (Invitation to communal work bee)
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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.