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Zhyla vdova nad Dunayem

Zbroshkove (Mykolaivs'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Zhyla vdova nad Dunayem, odnu don'ku mala
/ I shchoranku u lyubystku z lyubov'yu kupala. / 2

U lyubostochku kupala, medom napuvala,
/ A yak stala dorosloyu, za p'yanytsyu dala. / 2

A p'yanytsya p'ye, hulyaye, doma ne buvaye,
/ A yak pryyde o pivnochi, b'ye ta y obzyvaye. / 2

Ne sterpila vdovy don'ka, pishla do Dunayu
/ Krashche viz'mu, utoplyusya chym tak zhyty mayu. / 2

Stala vona na kameni, navkruh podyvylas',
/ Z bilym svitom poproshchalas', v Dunayu pynylas'. / 2

Dunay tilo pokryvaye, vdova vzhe shukaye
/ I kriz' sl'ozy do Dunayu stykha promovlyaye. / 2

Oy Dunayu, Dunayochku, ya zh tebe blahayu,
/ Verny meni moyu don'ku, odnu yeyi mayu. / 2

Dunay don'ky ne poverne, ne treba blahaty,
/ Treba bulo za p'yanytsyu zamizh ne davaty. / 2

Ostalasya bidna vdova odynoka zhyty,
/ Teper bude iz Dunayem shchodnya hovoryty. / 2





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Location

Variations

Birthplace of the Performers



Performers

Bibik Tamara Petrivna (1960)
Hrytsenko Lyubov Stepanivna (1954)
Lopushansʹka Lyubov Fedorivna (1940)
Nay Tetyana Ivanivna (1953)
Oliynyk Yevstafiya Onufriyivna (1943)
Podoroha Nina Stepanivna (1948)
Senchyshchak Olʹha Ilʹkivna (1938)




Information

Themes and Motifs:

Widowhood
Unfortunate fate
Drunkenness, hootenanny
Death


Genre:

Ballads




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos
Vasylyna Tkachuk


Descriptors:

Olga Karapata


Date of collecting:

2017-10-11



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