Vihm, üle vaeslapsest

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

In English: Rain, pass over the 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 158, on tuntud üle maa. Võib eraldada Põhja- ja Lõuna-Eesti redaktsioone. eL esineb laul (A-red.) ulatusliku poeetilise kaebusena: vihm, ära kasta mind, mul pole kodu, pole kodus kuivatajat (sporaadiliselt esineb seda ka eP, näit. tekst 411). eP on laul lakoonilisem, eelkõige sotsiaalset

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.

• Tarvastu (17)
• Sangaste (14)
• Helme (12)
• Paistu (10)
• Halliste (9)
• Karksi (8)
• Puhja (8)
• Rõngu (8)
• Urvaste (7)
• Haljala (6)
• Kuusalu (6)
• Märjamaa (6)
• Otepää (6)
• Väike-Maarja (6)
• Kadrina (5)
• Vigala (5)
• Viljandi (5)
• Kolga-Jaani (4)
• Põlva (4)
• Rõuge (4)
• Karula (3)
• Lääne-Nigula (3)
• Peetri (3)
• Pärnu l. (3)
• Pärnu-Jaagupi (3)
• Risti (3)
• Tartu (3)
• Tõstamaa (3)
• Türi (3)
• välismaa (3)
• Ambla (2)
• Juuru (2)
• Paide (2)
• Pärnu (2)
• Räpina (2)
• Torma (2)
• Viljandi l. (2)
• Viljandimaa (2)
• Viru-Jaagupi (2)
• Audru (1)
• Haapsalu (1)
• Hanila (1)
• Hargla (1)
• Harju-Jaani (1)
• Harju-Madise (1)
• Järva-Jaani (1)
• Jüri (1)
• Kambja (1)
• Karuse (1)
• Koeru (1)
• Kõpu (1)
• Läänemaa (1)
• Maarja-Magdaleena (1)
• Mihkli (1)
• Muhu (1)
• Narva l. (1)
• Rannu (1)
• Ridala (1)
• Saarde (1)
• Setumaa (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.

• Üle üle vihmakene E 17269/70 (6) — Tarvastu
• Vihmakõni, vellekõni, AES, MT 117, 55 (7) — Sangaste
• Vihmakene vellekene, ERA II 186, 456/7 (7) — Helme
• Üle üle vihmakene E 19329 (14) — Paistu
• Liges sai mia linani EÜS XII 1309/11 (66) — Halliste
• Mine üle vihmakene! ERM 147, 177/9 — Karksi
• Vihmakene, vellekene, EÜS V 1228/9 (16) — Puhja
• Mine üle vihmakene, EÜS VI 297/8 (3) — Rõngu
• Vihmakõne, vellekene, ERA II 115, 187 (4) — Urvaste
• Saja vihma et sadiseb E 38081/2 (15) — Haljala

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. Vihm üle (Rain, pass over!)
2. Pole kodu kuivatajat (No One to Dry Clothes at Home)
3. Saja, vihm! (Rain, o rain!)
4. Eide tütar (Old woman's daughter)
5. Vihm (Rain Song)
6. Karjase kuri põlv (The Shepherd's Hard Lot)
7. Üle vihm (Rain passing over)
8. Sajaks vihma, saaks magada (Let it rain, so we could sleep)
9. Vihm Virumaale (Rain for Virumaa)
10. Vihm võõrale maale (Rain on foreign lands)
11. Vihm mujale maale (Rain to other lands)
12. Karjase põli vihma käes (Shepherd's lot in the rain)
13. Ei ole vihmast viga (No harm from rain)
14. Kes tuleb väimeheks? (Who Will Be the Son-in-Law?)
15. Vaenelaps - kuusik minu kodu (Orphan: Spruce Grove Is My Home)
16. Tule, vihm! (Come, rain!)
17. Kurik vette kukkunud (Washing beetle fallen in the water)Filed on the same poems: Pesupesija
18. Vihm kaugele (Rain, go away)
19. Üle, üle vihmake (Over, over, little rain (rain charm))
20. Ikka peab ori olema (Always a Serf)

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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.