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Oi uchora izvechora

Orlivka (Vinnyts'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Oi uchora izvechora
Muzhytska dolia pokhoroshila.
Shchedryi vechir, Sviatyi vechir!

Muzhytska dolia pokhoroshila,
Na nii sorochka tonka ta bila.
Shchedryi vechir, Sviatyi vechir!

Na nii sorochka stala bilisha,
Vona huchnisha, shche y rozumnisha.
Shchedryi vechir, Sviatyi vechir!

Vona prynesla novu novynu,
Iz Peterburha na Ukrainu.
Shchedryi vechir, Sviatyi vechir!

Vona prynesla, shche y rozkazala,
Shcho panska slava uzhe propala.
Shchedryi vechir, Sviatyi vechir!

Kuzma z Demianom v shapkakh stoialy,
Z harapnychkamy vse y rozmovlialy.
Shchedryi vechir, Sviatyi vechir!

A harapnychky, strashno bahati,
Kuzma z Demianom zapanibrattia.
Shchedryi vechir, Sviatyi vechir!

‒ Oi ty, Andriiu, hromadska duma,
Prosy zh ty mene, sertse, za kuma.
Shchedryi vechir, Sviatyi vechir!

A ty, Ivane, Ivane mylyi,
Prosy zh ty mene ta y na khrestyny.
Shchedryi vechir, Sviatyi vechir!

Ne zghordiu z toboiu ni na kryshchynu,
Dlia pryiaznosti vdiahnu svytynu.
Shchedryi vechir, Sviatyi vechir!

Svytynu vdiahnu, bo ya shche povnyi,
Shtany v kholiavy vpkhaiu yukhtovi.
Shchedryi vechir, Sviatyi vechir!





Sing with us

Location

Birthplace of the Performers



Performers

Bratushchak Nina Hryhorivna (1956)
Cherneha Oksana Ivanivna (1969)
Chetverenko Olena Selefonivna (1942)
Horkovenko Halyna Ivanivna (1959)
Horkovenko Zinayida Serhiyivna (1938)
Hyslenko Mariya Artemivna (1952)
Polishchenko Zinayida Trokhymivna (1951)
Shkvyrenko Nina Zakharivna (1943)
Sluzhenko Halyna Oleksiyivna (1956)
Syrotyuk Halyna Mykolayivna (1936)




Information

Genre:

Сalendar and ritual songs
  Shchedrivky, St. Basil’s songs


Context of performing:

Seasons
  Winter
Fixed feasts (Solar calendar rites, the same date every year)
  13.01 Shchedryi vechir, Melanka (The New Year Eve according to Julian calendar)




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos
Vasylyna Tkachuk


Descriptors:

Igor Perevertniuk


Date of collecting:

2017-10-25



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