Vanapoisid müürile magama
Runosong type in the classification of ERAB, the Estonian Folklore Archives’ runosong database
In English: Bachelors sleeping at the wall (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)
| Filed under | Laulud noorrahva elust (songs of young people's lives) › Vanapoiss ja vanatüdruk |
|---|---|
| Poems | 103 |
| Verses | 1,330 |
| Collection places | 54 |
| Collected | 1870s to 1930s |
| Collectors | Jaak Ungerson · Tõnis Jeerik · Karl Johannes (Kaarel) Leetberg · Kurgan (Saalverk), J. · Hans Siimer · Karl Viljak · Jakob Koit · Anton Suurkask · Jüri (Virola, Yrjö) Tilk · Hindrik Ostrat |
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The archive’s description
Written by the editors of the ERAB type index and quoted as it stands, in Estonian.
Vanapoisid müürile magama: VK VI 510, VK VIII 377, VK IX 336, VK XI 306, ERlA 2007; Müürile magama – VK V 231, ERlA 2100. ERlA : 2007. Vanapoisid müürile magama: tuntud ülemaaliselt, erandiks on Mulgimaa. Pigem motiiv kui
iseseisev laul, enamasti seotud mõne muu pilkega. A-red. — tuntud
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.
- Haljala (6)
- Maarja-Magdaleena (6)
- Tarvastu (6)
- Vigala (5)
- Viljandimaa (5)
- Jüri (4)
- Kuusalu (4)
- Otepää (4)
- Halliste (3)
- Kose (3)
- Pärnu l. (3)
- Tori (3)
- Türi (3)
- Viljandi (3)
- Viru-Nigula (3)
- Äksi (3)
- Kodavere (2)
- Kolga-Jaani (2)
- Laiuse (2)
- Põltsamaa (2)
- Saarde (2)
- Suure-Jaani (2)
- Väike-Maarja (2)
- Võnnu (2)
- välismaa (2)
- Audru (1)
- Hanila (1)
- Harju-Jaani (1)
- Helme (1)
- Juuru (1)
- Jõhvi (1)
- Karksi (1)
- Keila (1)
- Kirbla (1)
- Koeru (1)
- Lüganuse (1)
- Muhu (1)
- Paistu (1)
- Palamuse (1)
- Pilistvere (1)
- Pöide (1)
- Rakvere (1)
- Rannu (1)
- Rapla (1)
- Rõuge (1)
- Sangaste (1)
- Tartu-Maarja (1)
- Torma (1)
- Tõstamaa (1)
- Urvaste (1)
- Vaivara (1)
- Valjala (1)
- Viljandi l. (1)
- Viru-Jaagupi (1)
When it was collected
| Decade | Poems |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 6 |
| 1880s | 42 |
| 1890s | 35 |
| 1900s | 4 |
| 1910s | 4 |
| 1920s | 1 |
| 1930s | 10 |
| year not recorded | 1 |
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.
- Vanad poisid valjud poisid E 77448 (5) — Haljala
- Vanad poisid, valjud poisid H II 28, 372 (2) — Maarja-Magdaleena
- Vanepoissi valupoissi H II 25, 553 (14) — Tarvastu
- Vanadpoisid valjud poisid H II 20, 291 (14) — Vigala
- Vanad poisid, valjud poisid, E 85267 (11) — Viljandimaa
- Poisid, poisid pungissilmad, E 39492 (4) — Jüri
- Vanad poisid, valjud poisid E 43644/5 (1) — Kuusalu
- Me vallan vanapoisi, H II 31, 246 (1) — Otepää
- Vanapoiss puuammas ERA II 124, 622 (37) — Halliste
- Mustad kulmud kurjad poisid H I 7, 111 (46) — Kose
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 |
|---|---|
| Vanapoiste pilge | 87 |
| Poisid pungassilmad | 3 |
| Vanad poisid | 2 |
| Vanapoisi pilge | 2 |
| Öösel üksi | 2 |
| Vanapoisid | 2 |
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.
- Vanapoiste laul (Old bachelors' song)
- Vanad ja noored poisid (Old and young lads)
- Vanapoiss (Old Bachelor)
- Vanapoisi pilge (Mocking the Old Bachelor)
- Poisid pungassilmd (Boys with Bulging Eyes)
- Poisikesed, roosikesed (Little boys, little roses)
- Vanad poisid (Old bachelors)
- Sõima suu (Scolding mouth)
- Odav poisikaup (Boys going cheap)
- Vanapoiste sõim (Scolding old bachelors)
- Joodik poiss (The drunkard lad)Filed on the same poems: Kohus koolda, Kohus kosja minna
- Odav neiukaup (Maiden sold cheaply)
- Vanapoisid (Old Bachelors)
- Vanatüdruku pilge (Mockery of the Old Maid)
- Poisid üksi müürile magama (Boys sleeping alone on the wall)
- Vanapoisi l (Old bachelor's song)
- Poiste müümine (Selling Boys)
- Odavad vanapoisid (Worthless old bachelors)
- Vanapoiste pilkelaul. (Old bachelors' mockery song)
- Odavad neiud (Cheap maidens)
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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.