Recordings from the Estonian Folklore Archives 3
St. Catherine's Day Song
Marie Helimets Karksi (1961)
Laske sissi kadrisandi,
katrisanti,
kadril küüdse külmeteve,
kadril varba valutave!
Kadri om tullu kauge'elta,
ümmert ilma, ümmert otsa,
läbi soo sipa-sopa,
läbi laane lipa-lapa.
Obu meil uppus ojasse,
mära jäi mätaste vahele,
lumi rikkus loogakirja,
sadu rikkus saaniteki,
ärmätus sei ää obese.
Liisa, tõsta usselinki,
Anna, sina anna penki!
Perenaine, linnukene,
tagant laudjas tasane,
puhu tuli tubadesse,
lõõtsu lõke põrmandulle,
võta pirdu pistussesta,
võta halgu ahju päälta!
Kui-i ole pirdu pistussenna,
võta lõmmu lõhna päälta,
kui-i ole lõmmu lõhna päälta,
võta roogu räästa'esta!
Viskan sissi viljaõnne,
kahel käel karjaõnne.
Siin om tuba puhtas pestu,
siin om sängi ästi säet,
siin om elle perenaine,
annab kadril karaskit.
Kui sa-i tää, ma juhate:
karask om kambren kapi pääl.
Kadri-i taha kanaliha –
kukk om kana kannustenu.
Kui kadrisante sisse ei lasta, siis laulavad nad:
Saagu, saagu, ma sajatan:
siia sinu tütar seenetagu,
aia hääre allitagu,
vennal vii kandijaksa,
õel õvve pühkijaksa,
vennanaistel vemmeldada!
Ega me-i ole näl´lasandi,
me olem pal´lalt nal´lasandi.
Let the Catherine mummers enter,
Catherine mummers,
Catherine's nails are freezing,
Catherine's toes are aching!
Catherine has come from a distant land,
from the other side of the world,
squishing through the bog,
thrashing through the forest.
Our horse drowned in the stream,
the mare got stuck in the fen,
the snow ruined the carvings on the bow,
the rain ruined our sleigh blanket,
the frost devoured our horse.
Liisa, lift the latch,
Anna, offer us a bench!
Mistress, darling dickeybird,
from behind with your bottom ever smooth,
blow the fire up in the rooms,
shake a flame on the floor,
take a splinter from the rack,
take a billet from the stove!
If there is no splinter in the rack,
take a pine log from the heap,
if there is no pine log on the heap,
take some straw from the thatch!
I will throw you some grain luck,
two fistfuls of herd luck.
Here the floor has been washed clean,
here the beds have been carefully made up,
here the mistress is generous,
she will give barley bread to Catherine.
If you don't know I will tell you:
the barley bread is on the cupboard in the chamber.
Catherine doesn't want any hen meat –
the hen has been pecked by the cock.
If the St. Catherine's Day mummers are not let in, then they sing:
I'll put a curse on you;
may your daughter moulder here,
may she rot behind the fence,
as a water carrier for her brother,
as a yard sweeper for her sister,
to be beaten by her sister-in-law!
We are not hungry beggars,
we are just plain frolicsome beggars.
RKM, Mgn. II 622 e < Abja raj., Karksi kn., Mäeküla (Karksi khk.) – O. Kõiva Kirjandusmuuseumi ekspeditsioonil 1961. a. < Marie Helimets, 69-a.
[LP II a 3; CD1-18].
Introduction to the Publication 
- Singers and Musicians (by counties)
- Jukk Akermann
- Liis Alas
- Eleena Animägi
- Kadri Asu
- Marie Helimets
- Otto Hiiop
- Liina Irdt
- Ann Ismael
- Hendrik Jantson
- Greete Jents
- Kristjan Joakit
- Mart Kaasen
- Liidia Kampus
- Liina Kaskmann
- Lisette Kautlenbach
- Hella Keem
- Ruuben Kesler
- Jaagup Kilström
- Mari Kilu
- Kristjan Kiviloo
- Maria Koert
- Minna Kokk
- Joosep Kotkas
- Helene Kukk
- Kadri Kukk
- Jaak Kõdar
- Anna Köster
- Liisa Kümmel
- Miina Lambot
- Albert Lauri
- Miina Leht
- Anna Lindvere
- Selma Lätt
- Aleksander Maaker
- Mart Männimets
- August Müürsepp
- Ottilie Niinemägi
- Sido Nikit
- Liisu Orik
- Helmi Ots
- Juuli Ott
- Anna Paalberg
- Julius Paas
- Ann Rammo
- Jaan Rand
- Mari Sarv
- Marie Sepp
- Reet Sutt
- Hindrek Tamm
- Liisu Tamp
- August Teppo
- Mihkel Tiitus
- August Tina
- Mihkel Toom
- Anne Vabarna
- Pauline Vapper
- Nikita Vassil
- Kindlus Viin
- Osvald Viin
- Helmi Vill
- Oskar Visnapuu
- Marta Vist
Songs, Game Songs and Instrumental Tunes
Herding Shouts and Songs
- 1. Hoots (Suure-Jaani)
- 2. Shouts (Kolga-Jaani)
- 3. Drive the Herd Over Here! (Kodavere)
- 4. Drive the Herd Over Here! (Karksi)
- 5. Drive the Herd Over Here! (Sangaste)
- 6. Sun, Come On Out! (Karksi)
- 7. The Herd Is Far Away (Setu)
Harvest Songs
- 8. Meadows for the Herds to Wander On (Kolga-Jaani)
- 9. Field for the Birds (Karksi)
- 10. Bidding Hands to Work (Setu)
- 11. Sizzle, Precious Sickle! (Muhu)
Domestic Chores
Songs for Calendar and Feast Days
Calendar Songs
- 16. Martinmas Song (Jõelähtme)
- 17. St. Catherine’s Day Song (Tõstamaa)
- 18. St. Catherine’s Day Song (Karksi)
- 19. Flax for the Sliders! (Tori)
- 20. Flax for the Sliders! (Kihnu)
- 21. Come to the St. John’s Bonfire! (Kolga-Jaani)
Swinging Songs
Lullabies and Children’s Songs
Lullabies
- 28. Come, Sleep, onto the Child’s Brow! (Kihnu)
- 29. Let the Cradle Rock! (Kuusalu)
- 30. Servants of Slumber
- 31. Grew into a Herder! (Setu)
Nursery Songs
- 32. Riding to Riga (Anna)
- 33. The Titmouse (Halliste)
- 34. The Dog Goes to Keep the Herd (Halliste)
- 35. Animals at Work (Kanepi)
Children’s Songs
Wedding Songs
- 42. The Maiden Is Not at Home (Kuusalu)
- 43. The Bride Leaves Her Father’s Home (Kuusalu)
- 44. A Bride Has to Be Conscientious (Mustjala)
- 45. When Are We Going to Get There? – Ride on This Way – The Silken Ones Are Coming (Tõstamaa)
- 46. Eat, Kinfolk! (Tõstamaa)
- 47. The Brother’s Meadows (Karksi)
- 48. The Rich Man’s Ox and the Poor Man’s Crow (Urvaste)
- 49. Better to Be on a Log than in Bed with a Young Man (Hargla)
- 50. The Groom is Brought to the Table (Setu)
- 51. Adorn Yourself, Brother! (Setu)
- 52. The Bride’s Lament to Her Brother (Setu)
Laments for the Dead
Song and the Songster
- 55. Sing! (Tõstamaa)
- 56. The Songster’s Childhood (Põlva)
- 57. Songs Learned at Work (Kolga-Jaani)
- 58. The Sad Songster (Kuusalu)
- 59. A Forest Stands Between the Maidens (Karksi)
Home, Youth, Love
- 60. Mother’s Teachings (Karksi)
- 61. The Cleanliness of the Vessels (Anna)
- 62. I Know an Indifferent Maiden (Põlva)
- 63. The Lying Groom (Kuusalu)
- 64. A Cabin for the Bride to Sleep In (Kanepi)
- 65. The Timid Suitor (Tori)
Orphans, Slaves
- 66. A Bird Came to Comfort Me (Kanepi)
- 67. One’s Own Mother and a Step Mother Wait at Home (Hargla)
- 68. The Food of One’s Own Mother and a Stepmother (Urvaste)
- 69. Slaves Toiling at Night (Tõstamaa)
- 70. The Serf’s Work Week (Muhu)
- 71. Revenge on the Lords (Kolga-Jaani)
Nature, Work, Fun, Mockery
- 77. Creation (Tõstamaa)
- 78. Seeking the Brush (Kihnu)
- 79. At Mother’s Grave Side (Kolga-Jaani)
- 80. Just a Kiss (Kolga-Jaani)
- 81. The Husband Slayer (The Song of Maie) (Karksi)
- 82. The Daughter Slayer (Haljala)
- 83. The Drunkard is Called back Home (Hargla)
- 84. The Lost Geese (Karksi)
- 85. The Brother’s War Tale (Kolga-Jaani)
- 86. Flight of the Recruit (Jõelähtme)
- 87. The Taskmaster and the Serf (Kodavere)
- 88. Sash Weaving (Setu)
- 89. The Grinding Stone (Setu)
- 90. The Ship Game (Jõelähtme)
- 91. The Horse Game (Urvaste)
- 92. The Hawk Game (Tori)
- 93. The Doll Game (Karksi)
- 94. The King Game (Tori)
- 95. The Minstrel Game (Urvaste)
- 96. The Goose Game (Jõelähtme)
- 97. The Gate Game (Sangaste)
- 98. The Finger Binding Game (Sangaste)
- 99. Buckhorn: “Off to Eat” (Karula)
- 100. Herder’s horn (Setu)
- 101. Alderwood horn (Tori)
- 102. Duct flute: “David's Polka” (Jõhvi)
- 103. Reed pipe with horn (Setu)
- 104. Reed pipe: “Juss the Piper's Waltz Tune” (Emmaste)
- 105. Bagpipe: “Kerchief Dance” (Kuusalu)
- 106. Jew’s harp: “Rand’s Waltz Tune” (Kirbla)
- 107. Bowed harp: “The Wolf on the Other Side of the Bog” (Estonian waltz) (Lääne-Nigula)
- 108. Violin duet: “Tune from Harju County” (Estonian waltz) (Tori)
- 109. Violin duet: “Polka” (Tori)
- 110. Violin duet: “Vir-ver-vidis” (polka) (Urvaste)
- 111. Estonian psaltery: “A Mouse Hopped” (Tartu-Maarja)
- 112. Estonian psaltery: “Jog” (Halliste)
- 113. Estonian psaltery and leaf instrument: “Building Bee Polka” (Kanepi)
- 114. Estonian accordion: “An Old Polka from the Village of Loosu” (Põlva)
- 115. Village band: “Wedding Polka” (Kanepi)