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Tütar ei saa tööst palka

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

In English: Daughter gets no wages for work (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

Filed underLaulud kodust ja lapsepõlvest (songs of home and childhood) › Kodu
Poems137
Verses2,508
Collection places52
Collected1860s to 1930s
CollectorsKarl Voldemar Rosenstrauch · Karl Viljak · Gustav Vilberg (Vilbaste) · Gustav Seen · Hans Karu (Karro) · Joosep Hurt · Jüri Välbe · Mihkel (Tori) Ostrov · Peeter Penna · Otto Hintzenberg

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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 1902. Tütar ei saa tööst palka: ülemaaliselt tuntud. Esineb mitmes redaktsioonis, mis on põhijoontes küll lokaalselt eristatavad, kuid võivad siirdealadel omavahel põimuda: A. Õuest õlesideme, B. Halgu anti , kolm eriarendust, neist valdavam on „halgu anti“, vähemtuntud „tulid pinult pikad vitsad“ ja „anti ahjuharki“ ; C. Kaevukook-kaelarätt ; D. Anti kehv kirstuke; E. Anti aida takka ja „Anti ivitu aita“. [lühendatud!]

Tütar ei saa tööst palka: VK VI 469, VK VII 56, VK VIII*, VK X 165, VK XII 305, VK XIII 363, VK XIII 304, ERlV V 47, ERlA 1902 B; Tütre palk – VK III 21, VK IV 17; Tütterida vaezida – VK I 28; Mis sain izä tuastä – VK II 37.

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.

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1860s1
1870s4
1880s37
1890s46
1900s18
1910s26
1920s2
1930s1
year not recorded2

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
Taadi karjas40
Tütar ei saa palka9
Hiire pulmad7
Hiire pulm4
Uhke neiu2
Müüdud neiu2
Tütar ei saa töö eest palka2

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. Lambamäng (The sheep game)
  2. Timuka tööl (The executioner at work)
  3. Töö tigedale (Work for the Spiteful One)
  4. Õdede ori (Sisters' slave)Filed on the same poems: Õnnetu õdede ori
  5. Lammas (Sheep)
  6. Tütre palk (The Daughter's Wages)
  7. Memme karjas (Granny herding)
  8. Lammamäng (Sheep game)
  9. Mind saadeti karja (I Was Sent to Herd)
  10. Töötegu tigedale (Working for the cruel one)
  11. Hundi ja lamba mäng (Wolf and lamb game)
  12. Passiviskamine (Tossing the pass)
  13. Lamba m (Sheep Game)
  14. Orja õlu (The Slave's Beer)
  15. Töö timukale (Work for the executioner)
  16. Uhked pulmalised - hunt, karu jne (Proud wedding guests — wolf, bear, etc.)
  17. Hiire pulm (The Mouse Wedding)
  18. Neiu kositakse töö tõttu (Maiden courted for her work)
  19. Olin orja vellolleni (I Was a Slave to My Brother)SKVR type
  20. Oljamissa käynti (The young wife's visit home (oljamit))SKVR type

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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.