Songs

Labor songs are art texts reflecting the labor process.  Many of these texts are polished with ritual, faith, ceremony and way of life details. The following are related to labor song:

Plougher songs

The life of plougher, reaper is praised in ploughed songs, which are most ancient samples of folk poetry.  These songs are those songs created directly by ploughers during the labor process. One syllable, one hemistich plougher songs in ancient times were developed and then it turned to 2-3, 2-3-4- hemistich songs. The most spread plougher songs of oral poetry is holav. Being the product of the last periods and each couplet consisting of 4 hemistiches the holav is in the form of bayati (seven):

Ala kəlim, bizə gəl,

Dağdan enib düzə gəl.

Dırnağının gözüylə

Qara düzü bəzə gəl.  

Sheep-breeding life has been praised in the songs of sayachı, which entered our oral poetry as the first labor songs of the nomad kins. The first appearance of these songs coincides with the period of domestication of the sheep. As these songs were performed during sheep shearing, during foetus, while shifting to summer pasture in mountains and etc ceremonies, so they are  considered as ceremony songs, too:

Qoyunlu evlər gördüm,

Qurulu yaya bənzər.

Qoyunsuz evlər gördüm,

Qurumuş çaya bənzər.

Songs of milking

Dutum, dutum,

Nənəm, dutum,

Səni sağan, 

Dutum, dutum,

Mənəm, dutum,

Bacım, dutum.

Hunter songs

Hunter songs concerning to more ancient times always were formed in connection with  that profession, and entered in our oral poetry with exclaimed, call words. Hunter songs have been accompanied with music played on wineskin (blister), pipe, and whistle in some cases:

Ova gedən,

Ovun tuş.

Ovun olsun 

Maral, quş...

Fisher songs

Fisher songs take special place among labor songs, too. It is assumed that these songs were formed at primary development stage like in poetic thoughts of peoples lived around the seas and rivers, as it was described in songs of oral poetry of world peoples. In all fisher songs refrain “Yahu is kept. Example:

Yahu

Röyyama girdi,

Yahu

Sirrimi bildi

Yahu

Dəryalara

Tor atdım,

Üzümə güldü

Yahu...   

Silkworm breeder songs

Silkworm breeder songs sometimes are known among people with name of songs of kümçü (cocoon). These songs mainly praise cocoon, its important, its importance, protecting of cocoon from the evil eye:

Çıxdı qızım

Tərəcəyə

Büküb qoydum

Bələcəyə.

Naz-naz olsun.

Yarpağı

Az-az olsun.

Songs hana 

Songs related to weaving and carpet-making take important place among labor songs. Hana songs are songs sung during making a loop. First hana song reached us as following:     

Asma gül,

Basma gül,

Gülüm xınalı

Döşü minalı!