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Tuu tuu Tuuterin tamma

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

In English: Tuu tuu, Tuuteri's mare (lullaby) (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underErilaisissa tilanteissa (songs for various occasions) › Kehtolaulut
Poems128
Verses437
Collection places69
Collected1880s to 1930s
CollectorsEemeli Vihervaara · Aukusti Salo · V. J. Kallio · Vilho Saariluoma · Moision kansakoulu · Esko Aaltonen · S. Pennanen · Halikon Toijalan kansakoulu · Ilmari Kallio · Niilo Kallio

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The archive’s description

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

Tuu tuu Tuuterin (Turun, Turkin, Kyrön, tuomarin, toukuri jne) tamma, ei se kynnä eikä se kanna, eikä se imetä varsojansa. Paikoin Varsinais-Suomessa (VIII:4796-4797) osana >Tuu tuu tupakkirullaa.

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.

…and 9 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1880s1
1890s1
1900s21
1910s95
1920s5
1930s5

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
Toussun toussun toukotamma - ei kynnä eikä kanna108
Aa aa akkerin Maija2
Körö körö kirkkoon/tätilään/Huittisiin - kestitys2
Tuu, tuu, tupakkirulla2

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. Ptruu, ptruu, Turkin tamma (Ptruu, ptruu (whoa), Turkish mare)
  2. Sauhua pakoon, aidan rakoon (Fleeing the smoke, into the fence gap)
  3. Kylvöajoista (Of the Sowing Season)
  4. Harakas ja vares (Magpie and crow)ERAB type
  5. Maaliskuun neuvo helmikuulle (March's counsel to February)
  6. Poro, poro pattaan (Reindeer, reindeer into the pot)
  7. Tule Turun Yrjö (Come, Yrjö of Turku)
  8. Kadri kudus sukad (Catherine knitted stockings)ERAB type
  9. Kynnin kymmenen vakoa (I Plowed Ten Furrows)
  10. Sinisiipi linnukkainen (Blue-winged little bird)
  11. Sorsanmunasta neito (Maiden from a duck's egg)
  12. Tiirin liirin tengan löysin (Tiirin liirin, I found a coin)
  13. Körö körö kirkkoon/tätilään/Huittisiin - kestitys (Körö körö riding song — hospitality)
  14. Aa lullaa lasta, muori, isä vastaan (Aa lullaa, rock the child — granny and father come to meet us)
  15. Meitä ei kaihota kaselle (We don't pine for the morning dew)
  16. Pitäs panna sauna lämmitä - ei ole puita (Should heat the sauna but there is no firewood)
  17. Olin kuin orihevonen (I was like a stallion)
  18. Pieneksi jäin mie isosta (I remained small among the great)
  19. Risteli
  20. Eläinten pidot (Animals' feast)

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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.