Vara vaeslapseks

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

In English: Too soon an orphan (a translation; the archive names the type in Estonian only)

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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 1591, üks tuntumaid ja rohkemate üleskirjutustega esindatud, meeleolult eleegilisemaid ja sõnastuselt poeetilisemaid vaeslapselaule. Levikukeskus Lõuna-Eestis, hõredamalt on üleskirjutusi peaaegu kogu keelealalt. Arvukatest kontaminatsioonidest on tavalisemad liitumised laulutüüpidega 1

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.

• Hargla (19)
• Karksi (18)
• Tarvastu (16)
• Rõuge (15)
• Halliste (14)
• Otepää (14)
• Paistu (14)
• Karula (13)
• Põlva (12)
• Sangaste (12)
• Setumaa (12)
• Kuusalu (11)
• Ambla (9)
• Urvaste (9)
• Helme (8)
• Kanepi (8)
• Kolga-Jaani (7)
• Tõstamaa (7)
• Viljandi (7)
• Simuna (6)
• Türi (6)
• Vändra (6)
• Kodavere (5)
• Pöide (5)
• Hanila (4)
• Räpina (4)
• Suure-Jaani (4)
• Varbla (4)
• Vigala (4)
• Võnnu (4)
• Häädemeeste (3)
• Jüri (3)
• Kadrina (3)
• Lihula (3)
• Lüganuse (3)
• Maarja-Magdaleena (3)
• Paide (3)
• Palamuse (3)
• Puhja (3)
• Rannu (3)
• Saarde (3)
• Vastseliina (3)
• Audru (2)
• Haljala (2)
• Jaani (2)
• Järva-Jaani (2)
• Kihnu (2)
• Kose (2)
• Muhu (2)
• Mustjala (2)
• Nõo (2)
• Pilistvere (2)
• Pärnu l. (2)
• Pärnu-Jaagupi (2)
• Reigi (2)
• Torma (2)
• Väike-Maarja (2)
• Võru l. (2)
• välismaa (2)
• Harju-Jaani (1)

When it was collected

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.

• Imä rutas varha vällä' koolda' AES, MT 44, 2 — Hargla
• Emäkene ennekene EÜS II 313/5 (15) — Karksi
• Jummal sundku suure tuule, EKS 39, 8/9 (16) — Tarvastu
• Jätid maha marjasuuru, ERA II 56, 91/2 (2) — Rõuge
• Emakene, ennekene ERA II 83, 342/4 (2) — Halliste
• Ära suri tille eite EÜS IV 422 (844) — Otepää
• Ära'p mul ema surenu. ERA II 123, 228/32 (18) — Paistu
• Mis ti mii mõrsijat mõnitat "kaske, kantke." ERA II 143, 45/6 (6) — Karula
• Iste maha ikkemaie E 10276 — Põlva
• Imekõni, memmekõni E 56042 (90) — Sangaste

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.

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. Ema haual (At mother's grave)
2. Ema ja armud (Mother and her love)
3. Surma sajatus (Death Curse)
4. Surma noomimine (Scolding death)
5. Isa loomad võõraste käes (Father's livestock in strangers' hands)
6. Ema arm (Mother's Love)
7. Vara vaesekspooleli (Early left impoverished)
8. Vaenelaps (The Orphan Child)
9. Kus istun - seal itken (Where I sit, there I weep)
10. Nutust järv (Lake of tears)
11. Vaeslapselaul (Orphan's Song)
12. Kõrtsipink õpetajaks (The Tavern Bench as Teacher)
13. Kus istun - iken (Where I Must Always Sit)
14. Vara vaeseks jättis (Left poor early in life)
15. Kõrts õpetajaks (The Tavern as Teacher)
16. Istun, iken (I sit and weep)
17. Tiik (The Pond)
18. Õde vennale kaasitajaks (Sister as escort at brother's wedding)
19. Tilluke teomees (The little corvée worker)
20. Jättis maha marja suuru (Left behind the berry grove)

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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.