Songs of Siberian Estonians
Compiled by
Anu Korb
Recordings from the Estonian Folklore Archives 5
Eesti keeles
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Articles
Preface
The origin, life,
and culture of the villages
The singing tradition
Singers and musicians
Audio
Songs
Verkhnii Suetuk
Once that I walked inside the forest
I rest here among you
In my heart there is a mighty tender power
Dearest maiden, don’t you cry now
In a splendid sleigh I rode
Crow, that meek and humble bird
A Tutulinna Village lad
Whence this fashion did evolve
As Sat’day eve came fallin’
Wee basket right before the door
Verkhnyaia Bulanka
Come friends and let us
This life that keeps on pushing on
Morning while the sun is rising
Ryzhkovo
I am living bored and lonely
I was young and just a wee lad
O poor me, now why did I wed a drinking man
Don’t you kill me, my dear husband
Maria she had drunk the poison
In a little Cossack village
We’re gonna ask to be allowed
O tell me, maiden fine and fair
The king he had three daughters
The rooster once the hen did ask
O if it all was up to me
Kovalevo
Your feet are treading softer now
Do not pass me by, dear Jesus
In my ma’s and father’s lap
In the tender lap of Liisa
Oru Leeni, pretty maid
From my lover I did try
Kadri cried out in Kabala inn
Berezovka, Liliengofka
A handsome lad I am and yet
Sittin’ in the garden by my door
Once we had a weather fine
Two maidens walking in the woods
Rode across the Finnish bridge
Russian accordion: Cracovienne
In the small and quiet Rakvere town
Yuryevka
In a grander Warsaw station
The tower bells are ringing
You wicked bandit on the isle
Good evening, you old miller Mats
The watch in my pocket went tick and tock
O paddle, ye ship
Oravka, Nikolayevka
Well the village sees it, one and all
Mike Mari, Ida too
On the banks of the river Rhine
What grieves you, pretty maiden
If just the trees and flowers knew
What cry you o maiden
Good evening, dearest maiden fair
O mother, so troubled and sad
Zolotaya Niva
My resting chamber ready
Farewell, my lonesome farm
In the times of that great war
At a Jewish market in a Tartumaa town
Russian accordion: The Moose Hunt
Estonka, Lileyka
An old man and a poor man, too
My lady so evil and sad as a sigh
Rode, I rode to Lilleküla
Two lovers in the woods did meet
The clock struck ten already
Tsvetnopolye
When you will come, white flowers you shall bring me
Once when I was still a young man
In Africa, America
Video
Songs and dances
Verkhnii Suetuk
Out There in Siberia, beyond Lake Baikal
A Tutulinna Village lad
Wool from Viru, Tow from Tartu
A Funeral Song
Star, Shine Bright above the Grave
Verkhnyaia Bulanka
Father Pushed the Hand Plane
I Came Singing on a Saturday Night
Forests and Fields Now Breathe in Peaceful Sleep
Ryzhkovo
Noise Abated in St. Petersburg
An Old Man Cutting the Tree
The rooster once the hen did ask
I Went Late at Night
The king he had three daughters
O tell me, maiden fine and fair
Where Did You Go, Billy Goat?
Kovalevo
Where Have You Been, Little Anna?
On Language Skills
Berezovka
The Happy Herding Days of the Past
I Have Loved in the Month of May
Brothers, Dear Ones, Come Together
Come, My Dear
I’m an Old Thug
Liliengofka
Instrumental tune: A Mouse Hopped
Koidula
Two Maidens Went Walking in the Woods
It’s Springtime
Oravka
Far from Home, Alone among Foreigners
If You Will Not Love Me
Smith, Smith, You Bag of Coal
Let the Mummers Inside!
Zolotaya Niva
Let Me Go
Instrumental tune: A Lump of Sugar
Lileyka
O, Albert, Don’t Speak This Way
Going to the Forest
Hush-a-by, Baby, Grow up
Tsvetnopolye
Once when I was still a young man
The Evening Falls in Silence and Peace