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V mene batko, yak tsvit, zasmutyv bilyi svit

Vodyane (Zaporiz'ka oblast)


Lyrics

V mene batko, yak tsvit, zasmutyv bilyi svit,
V mene maty, yak zoria, rano zamizh oddala,
V mene maty, yak zoria, rano zamizh oddala.

U velyku simiu, v chuzhu dalniu storonu,
A velykaia simia vsia vecheriat sida,
A velykaia simia vsia vecheriat sida.

Here must be this verse:
(A velykaia simia vsia vecheriat sida,
A mene, molodu, posylaiut po vodu).

Po vodychenku yshla y dribni slozy lyla,
Shytym bilym rukavom utyralasia,
Shytym bilym rukavom utyralasia.

Od krynychenky yshla y pospishalasia,
Do napilnoho vikna y pryslukhalasia,
Do napilnoho vikna y pryslukhalasia.

Chy ne bietsia simia, ne ruhaietsia?
A simia usia movchyt, tilko svekir hovoryt,
A simia usia movchyt, tilko svekir hovoryt.

Tilko svekir hovoryt: «De nevistka moloda?».
A svekrukha otvicha: «Po vodychenku y pishla».
A svekrukha otvicha: «Po vodychenku y pishla.

Po vodychenku pishla y zabarylysia,
Na chuzhykh muzhykiv zadyvylasia,
Na chuzhykh muzhykiv zadyvylasia».

– Oi ty, syn, sukyn syn, chom horilku ne piesh?
Chom horilku ne piesh, choho zhinku y ne biesh?
Chom horilku ne piesh, choho zhinku y ne biesh?

– A za shcho yii byt? Vona vmiie vse robyt,
Vona vmiie vse robyt, shche y do mene hovoryt,
Vona vmiie vse robyt, shche y do mene hovoryt.

I do nenky, y do ottsia, shche y do mene, molodtsia.
I do nenky, y do ottsia, shche y do mene, molodtsia.
I do nenky, y do ottsia, shche y do mene, molodtsia.





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Performers

Maslivetsʹ Nataliya Mykhaylivna (1929)
Overko Anastasiya Andriyivna (1930)
Parkhomenko Oleksandra Mykhaylivna (1932)
Troshyna Hanna Ivanivna (1954)




Information

Themes and Motifs:

Forced marriage
Family relations


Genre:

Songs of private and everyday family life




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos
Illya Fetysov
Susanna Karpenko


Descriptors:

Illya Fetysov


Date of collecting:

2016-05-19



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