Recordings from the Estonian Folklore Archives 3

Anthology of Estonian Traditional Music

The Food of One's Own Mother and a Stepmother

Helmi Vill Urvaste (1965)

Aeti mu mõtsa, aeti mõtsa ummukult,
varra inne, varra inne valgõt,
an´ti mul peiu, an´ti peiu pik´k vits,
kandli alak, kandli alak karjavits.

Olõs mul olnu, olõs olnu uma imä,
elänü, elänü uma esä,
andnu mul peiu, andnu peiu piimämuru,
kan´dli alak, kan´dli alak karjamuru –
võõras an´d peiu, võõras an´d peiu pik´ä vitsa,
kan´dli alak, kan´dli alak karjavitsa.
An´d luu, an´d luu, ütel´ liha,
an´d koorigu, an´d koorigu, kuulut´ ärq,
nädsä leevä, nädsä leevä, är n´aagut´.
Imä an´d liha, imä an´d liha, ütel´ luu,
an´d tük´ü, an´d tük´ü, ütel´ tühä.

I was sent to the forest in the morning,
before it was light,
A long switch was slipped into my hand,
a shepherd's rod [was placed] under my arm.

If I had my own mother,
if my father had been alive,
they would have given me a bit of milk,
placed under my arm a bit of food for the pasture –
stepmother slipped a long switch into my hand,
[placed] a shepherd's rod under my arm.
She gave me a bone, said it was meat,
she gave me a crust, announced it to all,
gave me tough bread, still begrudged it.
Mother gave me meat, said it was a bone,
she gave me a morsel, said it was nothing.

RKM, Mgn. II 1134 f < Võru raj., Antsla kn., Säre k. (Urvaste khk.) – H. Tampere Kirjandusmuuseumi ja Eesti Raadio ekspeditsioonil 1965. a. < Helmi Vill, 61-a.
[LP V c 3; CD2-14].

Eesti rahvalaule ja pillilugusid.
Teaduslik antoloogia. Tekstid ja kommentaarid Herbert Tampere, Erna Tampere ja Ottilie Kõiva. Toimetanud Ingrid Rüütel. Tallinn, 1970.
[+ 5 LP-s: Firma “Meloodia” Tallinna Heliplaadistuudio]
Sound engineering and restoration Heino Pedusaar
Sound recordists Vaike Neeme, Tiiu Oja
Editor of recorded material Joann Juštšuk

Eesti rahvamuusika antoloogia.
Koostanud Herbert Tampere, Erna Tampere, Ottilie Kõiva. Helisalvestusi Eesti Rahvaluule Arhiivist 3. Tartu, 2003.
[3 CD-s and booklet]
Sound engineering and CD mastering Jaan Tamm
Editors Janika Oras (texts), Vaike Sarv (melodies), Ergo-Hart Västrik (translations)
English translation Harri Mürk
Transcription of music Vaike Sarv, Krista Sildoja
Music notation Edna Tuvi
Dialect consultations Ellen Niit, Andreas Kalkun
Commentaries and appendixes Janika Oras, Kadri Tamm, Liina Saarlo
Map AS Regio, Liina Saarlo
Photo design Indrek Tenno, Liina Saarlo
Design and lay-out Hele Hanson-Penu, AS Triip
Project co-ordinator Ergo-Hart Västrik

Eesti rahvamuusika antoloogia.
Online edition.
Editors Janika Oras, Kadi Sarv
English translation Kait Tamm (foreword to the online edition)
Selection of photographs to the online edition Liina Saarlo, photo design Andrus Kalkun
Project co-ordinator Risto Järv

The artwork of the online edition of the anthology is based on Christi Kütt’s tapestry “Wedding Guests” (2002).

The online edition was supported by Estonian Ministry of Education and Science (Project IUT22-4), Ministry of Culture (programme “Heliloomingu tellimine ja muusikaalased väljaanded”, Commissioning and publishing music) and Cultural Endowment of Estonia.



Publisher
Estonian Literary Museum Scholarly Press, 2016
℗ Estonian Literary Museum, 2016
ISBN 978-9949-586-00-4
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