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Oy letila zozulen'ka cherez krutu horu

Lyubartsi (Kyivs'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Oy letila zozulen'ka cherez krutu horu –
/ Da y vybrala pshenychen'ku, lyshyla oy polov[u]. / 2

Oy nashcho zh meni ta polova, yak zerna nemaye,
/ Nashcho zh meni ta rodyna, yak mamy oy nema[ye]? / 2

V usikh divchat bat'ko y maty, a ya tata mayu,
/ Sim raz vody ya prynesla z tykhoho oy Duna[yu]. / 2

Sim raz vody ya prynesla, vos'myy napylasya,
/ Yakby zh v mene maty zhyva, ya b ne zhurylas[ya]. / 2

Usya moya rodynon'ka hulya, veselyt'sya,
/ A na moyiy mami ridniy porosla oy travyts[ya]. / 2

Iz-za hory, z-za krutoyi orel vodu nosyt',
/ A na moyiy mami ridniy kosar travku kos[yt']. / 2

Oy vyydu ya na tu horu – da y stanu hukaty:
/ – Pryydy, pryydy, mamo ridna, kosu y rozplitat[y]. / 2





Sing with us

Location

Birthplace of the Performers



Performers

Chereslenko Mariya Vasylivna (1938)
Hopkalo Nadiya Ivanivna (1945)
Hopkalo Ol'ha Ivanivna (1942)
Shevchenko Vira Zotivna (1951)
Til'na Lidiya Mykolayivna (1952)
Zhuk Mariya Andriyivna (1938)




Information

Themes and Motifs:

Orphanhood


Genre:

Songs of private and everyday family life




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos
Myroslava Vertiuk


Descriptors:

Natalka Khomenko


Date of collecting:

2018-09-17



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