Da zashumila dubrovushka,
Da zaplakala y udovushka.
Da ne plach, ne plach, udovushka,
Da pokosytsa dubrovshka.
Da pokosytsa y pohrebetsa,
Da y u kopychky y pokladetsa.
Da y iz kopychok, da v stozhechok,
Da vyyshla vdovka na shlyazhechok.
Da bytym shlyakhom kozaky ydut',
Da moho muzha konya vedut'.
– Da vy zh, kozaky, brattya moyi,
A de zh vy moho muzha dily?
– Da v chystom polyu yavor stoyit',
A pod yavorom tvoy muzh lezhyt'.
Da pod yavorom tvoy muzh lezhyt',
Da v pravoy ruchtsi shablyu derzhyt'.
A livoyu vodu bere,
Da na hrud' biluyu polyvaye.
Da na hrud' bilu polyvaye,
Do tovarysha promovlyaye:
– Da tovaryshy, brattya moyi,
Da yak budete v strany meyi,
Da yak budete v strany meyi,
Da nakazhite zhony meyi:
Da nekhay vona mene ne zhde,
Da nekhay vona zamuzh ide.
Da yakshcho yeyi dobre bude,
To vona mene pryzabude.
Yak lykhaya dolya ymetsa,
Toy ne raz, ne dva spom’yanetsa.
Сalendar and ritual songs
Season work songs
Haymaking songs
Yahidni /performed in the period of gathering mixed berries/
Summer songs
Seasons
Summer
Fixed feasts (Solar calendar rites, the same date every year)
Seasonal work
Haymaking time
In the wood
Alla Kovalʹchuk
Both Miklos
Myroslava Vertiuk
Yuriy Kovalʹchuk
Myroslava Vertiuk
2018-05-29