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Oy ne zhalʹko meni ta y ni na koho

Kryachkivka (Poltavs'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Oy ne zhalʹko meni ta y ni na koho,
Tilʹky zhalʹko meni na y ottsya svoho.

Na y ottsya svoho, na rodimoho,
Ozhenyv vin mene malolitnʹoho.

Malolitnʹoho, maloyunoho,
Maloyunoho zhy, nerozumnoho.

Ta y uzyav on zhonu ne do lyubovi,
Ne do lyubovi, ne do rozmovy.

Ne snopa zvʺyazatʹ, ni slova skazatʹ,
Yak snip izvʺyazhe, to y rozvʺyazhetʹsya.

Yak snip izvʺyazhe, to y rozvʺyazhetʹsya,
Yak slovo skazhe – ne naravytʹsya.

Oy ne smiysya, myloy, bo ty y sam takoy,
Ni kosy nabytʹ, ni hrabelʹ zrobytʹ.

Yak kosu nabʺyesh, to y ne kosytʹsya,
Yak hrabli zrobysh, to y rozroblyatʹsya.

Yak poyikhav myloy u Kytay-horodok,
U Kytay-horodok da y na yarmarok.

Da y kupyv korabelʹ za simsot rublyey,
Za simsot rublyey shche y z poltynoyu.

Za simsot rublyey shche y z poltynoyu,
Posadyv on zhonu shche y z dytynoyu.

Korabelʹ plyve, azh voda reve,
A zhona sydytʹ, yak svicha horytʹ.

A zhona sydytʹ, yak svicha horytʹ,
A dytya plache, yak voron kryache.

Korabelʹ plyve, azh voda reve,
Korabelʹ tone, azh voda stohne.





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Location

Birthplace of the Performers



Performers

Karpenko Susanna Yevgeniivna (1978)
Perevertnyuk Ihor Oleksandrovych (1991)
Reva Nina Petrivna (1949)
Rozdabara Nadiya Mykytivna (1936)




Information

Themes and Motifs:

Forced marriage
Family relations
Departure
Death
Journey


Genre:

Songs of private and everyday family life




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos
Susanna Karpenko


Descriptors:

Susanna Karpenko


Date of collecting:

2017-10-22



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