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Letila zozulya z hory ta v dolynu

Lyubartsi (Kyivs'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Letila zozulya z hory ta v dolynu,
/ Z hory ta v dolynu, sila na kalynu. / 2

Sila na kalynu ta y stala kuvaty,
/ Vyyshla divka z khaty ta y stala pytaty: / 2

– Zozule, zozule, oy choho zh ty kuyesh,
/ Nevzhe zh ty, zozule, moye hore chuyesh? / 2

– Yakby ne chuvala, to b ya ne kuvala,
/ Tvoya maty vmerla, ty dosi ne znala. /2

Prykhozhu do khaty, teslyaryky struzhat',
/ Naymenshaya sestra po matintsi tuzhyt'. / 2

Mamo zh, moya mamo, de zh tebe uzyaty,
/ Chy z vosku zlipyty, chy namalyuvaty? / 2

Z vosku ne zliplyu ya, zmalyuvat' – zmalyuyu,
/ Zmalyuyu ya lychko, shche y chorniyi brovy. / 2

Zmalyuyu ya lychko, shche y chorniyi brovy,
/ Til'ky ne zmalyuyu shchyroyi rozmovy. / 2





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Location

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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:

Family relations
Departure
Death
Alien area


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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