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A zasvity zh, ta y maty, svichku

Pishchanivka (Khersons'ka oblast)


Lyrics

A zasvity zh, ta y maty, svichku zh,
Postav na stoli,
Oi nekhai liudy zh ta y podyvliatsia zh,
Chy para meni.

Oi svicha moia, ta y voskovaia zh,
Neiasno horyt,
Oi z kym liubylas – ta y rozluchylas,
Serdenko bolyt.

A z kym liubylas – rozluchylas,
Serdenko bolyt,
Z kym ne znalas – povinchalas,
Treba v sviti zhyt.





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Location

Variations

Birthplace of the Performers



Performers

Chayka Lyudmyla Kuzʹmivna (1940)
Lazarenko Kateryna Tymofiyivna (1938)




Information

Themes and Motifs:

Unfortunate love


Genre:

Volochebni /going round/
Songs of the rites of passage
   Wedding songs


Context of performing:

Ritual and customary folklore
  The Wedding




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos
Susanna Karpenko


Descriptors:

Susanna Karpenko


Date of collecting:

2017-10-03



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