Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Estonian old folksongs: history, tradition, collections and availability -- Chapter 3. Estonian prosody -- Chapter 4. The metrical structure of Estonian folksongs -- Chapter 5. Estonian folksong as musical performance -- Chapter 6. Realization of the prosodic structure of Estonian in sung folksongs -- Chapter 7. Realization of prosodic structure in recitation and laments -- Chapter 8. Conclusions -- Appendix Notations of Estonian folksongs and laments -- Notes -- References -- Index