Recordings from the Estonian Folklore Archives 3

The Horsefly's Funeral

Anne Vabarna Setu (1959)

Tere, tere, tekre!
Koes sa kävet, kokre?
Ma käve parmu puhtil.
Kes tuu parmu ar´a tap´p?
Hobõn oma hannagaq,
tsiga oma sõragaq,
kits kerä sarvõgaq,
lammas´ labajalagaq.
Ah soo!

Good day to you, Grouse!
Where are you coming from, Carp Fish?
I was at the horsefly's funeral.
Who killed that horsefly?
The horse did, with its tail,
the pig with its trotter,
the goat with its curling horn,
the sheep with the flat of its foot.
I see!

RKM, Mgn. II 320 d < Räpina raj., Värska kn., Tonja k. (Setu) – S. Lätt, A. Strutzkin Kirjandusmuuseumi ja Eesti Raadio ekspeditsioonil 1959. a. < Anne Vabarna, 82-a.
[LP III c 4; CD1-39].