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Oi ty, koval, koval-kovalenku

Kehychivka (Kharkivs'ka oblast)


Lyrics

– Oy ty, koval', koval'-kovalenko,
Chom ne kuyesh, rano-poranen'ku?

Chy y u tebe zheliza nemaye,
Chy y u tebe stali ne khvataye?

– Yest' u mene zheliza dovoli,
Yest' u mene divka do lyubovi.

Vona zh meni slavy narobyla,
Shcho zvechora syna sporodyla.

Shcho zvechora syna sporodyla,
A z pivnochi v krynytsi vtopyla.

Oy day, Bozhe, snihy ta morozy,
Shchob zaneslo stezhky ta dorozhky.

Shchob zaneslo stezhky ta dorozhky,
Shchob ne znaly susidy-vorozhky.

Shchob ne znaly, kudy ya khodyla,
Shchob ne znaly, koho ya lyubyla.

Ya zh lyubyla husars'koho syna,
Ya zh dumal,a shcho vin syn husars'kyy.

Ya zh dumala, shcho vin syn husars'kyy,
Rozdyvylas', a vin syn tsyhans'kyy.





Sing with us

Location

Variations

Birthplace of the Performers



Performers

Kolesnik Lubov Andriivna (1937)
Kushchiy Nadiya Andriivna (1951)
Solovei Halyna Andriivna (1941)




Information

Themes and Motifs:

Love child, bastard


Genre:

Ballads




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos
Lukianets Halyna
Susanna Karpenko


Descriptors:

Hanna Pelina


Date of collecting:

2018-09-22



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