Tore sõit
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Splendid ride (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud meelelahutamiseks (songs for entertainment) › Teekäigulaulud |
|---|---|
| Poems | 249 |
| Verses | 6,741 |
| Collection places | 85 |
| Collected | 1820s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Karl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Julius Aleksander Rehberg (Reepärg) · Hermann Länts · Paul Friedrich (Paulopriit) Voolaine (Pedmanson) · Jakob Weltmann · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Gustav Johannson |
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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 1071. TORE SÕIT
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.
- Laiuse (12)
- Haljala (11)
- Kadrina (10)
- Kolga-Jaani (10)
- Muhu (10)
- Paistu (9)
- Tõstamaa (9)
- Ambla (8)
- Vigala (8)
- Pärnu (6)
- Halliste (5)
- Järva-Madise (5)
- Jõelähtme (5)
- Karksi (5)
- Koeru (5)
- Kuusalu (5)
- välismaa (5)
- Hanila (4)
- Harju-Jaani (4)
- Peetri (4)
- Põltsamaa (4)
- Rapla (4)
- Simuna (4)
- Tartu-Maarja (4)
- Väike-Maarja (4)
- Audru (3)
- Jõhvi (3)
- Jüri (3)
- Karuse (3)
- Kihnu (3)
- Kose (3)
- Lääne-Nigula (3)
- Lüganuse (3)
- Palamuse (3)
- Pöide (3)
- Setumaa (3)
- Suure-Jaani (3)
- Tori (3)
- Viljandimaa (3)
- Viru-Jaagupi (3)
- Vändra (3)
- Hargla (2)
- Järva-Jaani (2)
- Kanepi (2)
- Kursi (2)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (2)
- Mihkli (2)
- Märjamaa (2)
- Paide (2)
- Pilistvere (2)
- Pärnu-Jaagupi (2)
- Rannu (2)
- Rõuge (2)
- Tartu (2)
- Tarvastu (2)
- Võnnu (2)
- Äksi (2)
- Haapsalu (1)
- Hageri (1)
- Juuru (1)
…and 25 more places
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1820s | 2 |
| 1850s | 1 |
| 1860s | 2 |
| 1870s | 8 |
| 1880s | 68 |
| 1890s | 63 |
| 1900s | 17 |
| 1910s | 25 |
| 1920s | 35 |
| 1930s | 12 |
| 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.
- Neitsikene, noorukene EÜS VIII 1154 (10) — Laiuse
- Läksin ma läbi külade E 14793 (17) — Haljala
- Isa mind õppas kündema, E 33063/4 (2) — Kadrina
- Mul olli üksi aenus venda, E 64137/8 — Kolga-Jaani
- Kui ma köisi kosjateed EÜS IV 1335 (51) — Muhu
- Mul oli ütsi ainus velle E 51303/4 (14) — Paistu
- Oh, seda venda, mis aga meitel, E 6655 (7) — Tõstamaa
- Essu-lessu lehed olid laiad E 13585 (4) — Ambla
- Minu vend kui virbike ERA II 147, 535 (63) — Vigala
- Vaat kus venda, mis minule (kaske) E 43529/30 (3) — Pärnu
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 |
|---|---|
| Oleks see mees minu! | 36 |
| Oleks | 25 |
| Kosjahobu söötmine | 16 |
| Soome sild | 12 |
| Kaevul kosija | 10 |
| Saan | 7 |
| Saani tegemine | 7 |
| Tuulest talguhobu | 5 |
| Meie ja teie poisid | 5 |
| Oleks see mees minul | 5 |
| Naine Narvast | 4 |
| Kosjalaul | 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.
- Oleks see mees minu! (If only this man were mine!)
- Oleks (If only (wish song))
- Oleks see mees minul (Would This Man Be Mine)
- Soome sild (The Finnish bridge)
- Ilu küla (Beautiful village)
- Kosjateele ehtimine (Dressing up for the courtship visit)
- Soome sillal sõitmine (Riding on the Finnish bridge)
- Hobuse ostmine (Buying a horse)
- Tore poiss (The splendid lad)
- Kaevul kosija (Suitor at the well)
- Oleks see mees (If only this were the man)
- Meie ja teie poisid (Our boys and your boys)
- Tore noormees (The splendid young man)
- Soome sild - oleks see mees minul (Finnish bridge — if that man were mine)
- Küsi minult luba (Ask My Permission)
- Meie ja teiste poisid kiriku minnes (Our boys and others' going to church)
- Narvast naine (The Woman from Narva)
- Oleks see mees minula (If only this man were mine)
- Kosjahobu söötmine (Feeding the courtship horse)
- Poisi sajatus, kui ta neiut põlgab (A boy's curse when he scorns a maiden)
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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.