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Tule tänne tyttöpaimen

Runosong type in the classification of SKVR, the Finnish Literature Society’s runosong corpus

In English: Come here, girl shepherd (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underErilaisissa tilanteissa (songs for various occasions) › Paimenlaulut
Poems205
Verses1,292
Collection places110
Collected1820s to 1930s
CollectorsEemeli Vihervaara · Esko Aaltonen · Aukusti Salo · Toini Kantele · Forsberg (Alava), Vihtori · Niilo Kallio · Ulla Mannonen · Antti Rytkönen · Vilho Saariluoma · Oskari Kuitunen

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The archive’s description

Written by the editors of the SKVR type index and quoted as it stands, in Finnish.

Ydinaihe: houkutellaan tyttöpaimenta (II: poikapaimenta) tulemaan karjoineen; paremmat nurmet, heinät, kellot, makeammat mansikat, mustikat, puolukat, vaapukat, karpalot. Seksiruno: VII2 3288. Joskus yhdistyy Paimenen lapsi -aiheeseen (esim. XIV 211), alkuformulana joskus >Tuur luur luttenpaimen tms. (VIII, XIII, XIV).

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.

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When it was collected

DecadePoems
1820s1
1830s2
1840s3
1850s5
1860s2
1870s1
1880s13
1890s19
1900s25
1910s110
1920s10
1930s14

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
Tuur luur lutten paimen15
Paimenen lapsi4
Paista, päivä, paimenille3
Kuti, kuti kultaseni3
Pimpula, pampula, paimenpoika2
Ihmetupa2
Muut kuuli kirkon kellon2
Paimenen hätä2

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. Mansikka mäeltä huusi (Strawberry called from the hill)
  2. Tuur luur lutten paimen (Tuur Luur - Shepherd's Refrain)
  3. Niittäkäämme, ruttakaamme (Let us reap, let us hurry)
  4. Pimpula, pampula, paimenpoika (Pimpula, pampula, shepherd boy (refrain))
  5. Tillil lillil lihava (Tillil lillil, fatty (nursery refrain))
  6. Makaa kunnes marjat kypsyy (Sleep Until the Berries Ripen)
  7. Kuti, kuti kultaseni (Kuti, kuti (tickling refrain), my darling)
  8. Mari marjasta tulee - anna Mari marjoja (Mari comes from berrying - give us berries, Mari)
  9. Sulho kuin kuiva koivun oksa (Groom like a dry birch branch)
  10. Paimenen hätä (Shepherd's Distress)
  11. Likka lippasi tietä myöten (The girl skipped along the road)
  12. Vasta on puolat puolikypsät (The Rowans Are Half-Ripe)
  13. Huis sika metsään (Shoo pig to the forest)
  14. Tillin, lillin likka, missä lapsen sukka? (Tillin, lillin, lass, where's the child's sock?)
  15. Paimenen kivinen kakku (Shepherd's Stone Loaf)
  16. Lintu tuopi liinapaidan (The bird brings a linen shirt)
  17. On kuin maassa mansikkainen, puola puolikypsä (Like a strawberry on the ground, a half-ripe lingonberry)
  18. Kiikeri-Ville kissan tappoi (Kiikeri-Ville killed the cat)
  19. Mene päivä männikölle (Day goes to the pine grove)
  20. Paha on olla paimenena (It is hard to be a shepherd)

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Sources: the type’s name, filing and description come from the SKVR type index of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS); the counts, places, decades and collectors are counted from the poems on RunoVerse.