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Uni ulkoa kysyy

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

In English: Sleep asks from outside (a translation; the archive names the type in Finnish only)

Filed underErilaisissa tilanteissa (songs for various occasions) › Kehtolaulut
Poems224
Verses2,149
Collection places103
Collected1820s to 1930s
CollectorsPerä-Pohjolan ja Lapin Kotiseutuyhdistys · Ulla Mannonen · Aukusti Salo · Olavi Pennanen · Sulo Haltsonen · Väinö Salminen · Kaarle Krohn · Lauri Laiho · Samuli Paulaharju · A. D. Neovius

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The archive’s description

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

Uni ulkona kyselee, unen poika porstuassa: onko lasta kätkyessä, pientä peittehen sisässä?

* Uni (ukko) uunilta kysyy - jatko kuten edellä. Vrt. Tule uni uunin päältä. Yhdessä tapauksessa (IV3:3688) surma on korvannut unen.

Ketjuuntuu muiden unen personifikaatio-aiheiden kanssa, edellä mainittujen lisäksi vrt. myös >Tule uniukko tänne.

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 43 more places

When it was collected

DecadePoems
1820s2
1830s2
1840s6
1850s10
1860s1
1870s6
1880s16
1890s27
1900s13
1910s67
1920s16
1930s58

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
Tule uni ulkoa19
Tule tuutuhun unonen18
Nukuta Jumala lasta17
Tule uniukko meille16
Tule uni uunin päältä13
Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu8
Tuuti lasta tuomariksi6
Uni uuhella ajavi5
Minä laulan lapsen virren, pitemmän kuin seinähirren4
Tuuti, tuuti, tuomenkukka, eipä tiiä emo rukka3
Lapsen itkettäjä3
Ei tule uni usein huolellisen huonehesen3

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. Tule uni uunin päältä (Come sleep from atop the stove)
  2. Tule uni ulkoa (Come, sleep, from outside)
  3. Makaa uni makia (The sweet sleep lingers)
  4. Tule uniukko meille (Come to Us, Sandman)
  5. Tule tuutuhun unonen (Come, little sleep, to the cradle)
  6. Nuku, nuku yksi silmä (Sleep, sleep, one eye (lullaby))
  7. Nukuta Jumala lasta (God, lull the child to sleep)
  8. Minä laulan lapsen virren, pitemmän kuin seinähirren (I sing the child's song, longer than a wall-beam)
  9. Nuku lapsi nuttuhisi (Sleep, child, in your coat)
  10. Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu (Sleep, sleep, meadow bird (lullaby))
  11. Tuuti lasta nukkumaan, lapsenpiika torkkumaan (Rock the child to sleep, the nursemaid to doze)
  12. Nuku, nuku, nurmennukka (Sleep, sleep, little meadow-flower (lullaby))
  13. Laulo lapsi syötyään (Child Sang After Eating)
  14. Nurmi-Tuomas (Nurmi-Tuomas (Thomas of the Meadow))
  15. Lintu tuopi liinapaidan (The bird brings a linen shirt)
  16. Makaa marja, lepää lintu (Sleep, my berry; rest, my bird (lullaby))
  17. Tuuvin tummaistani (Rocking my dark darling)
  18. Tuuti tuuti tuomenmarja (Lullaby, bird cherry berry)
  19. Aa vauva vakussa (Lullaby: baby in the cradle)
  20. Taudin alkuperän tiedustelu (Inquiring the origin of disease)

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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.