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Yak buly v mene voly

Khmelivka (Sums'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Yak buly v mene voly, ta y kumalysya kumy.
Hey-hey-hey, ta y kumalysya kumy.

Yak ne staly voliv mat', staly kumy zabuvat'.
Hey-hey-hey, staly kumy zabuvat'.

Kumy pʼyut', ta hulyayut' – nas charkoyu mynayut'.
Hey-hey-hey, nas charkoyu mynayut'.

Khodim, zhinko, dodomu, my ne nuzhni nikomu.
Hey-hey-hey, my ne nuzhni nikomu.

Staly zhyt' my, pozhyvat', staly voliv nazhyvat'.
Hey-hey-hey, staly voliv nazhyvat'.

Sim par voliv nazhyly – staly kumy v hosti zvat'.
Hey-hey-hey, staly kumy v hosti zvat'.

Oteper my budem znat', yak nam kumiv vybyrat'.
Hey-hey-hey, yak nam kumiv vybyrat'.





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Location

Birthplace of the Performers



Performers

Bakro Rayisa Ivanivna (1939)
Parchenko Kateryna Kuz'minichna (1947)
Yakovenko Hanna Afanasivna (1938)
Zayarna Mariya Andriyivna (1941)
Zelens'ka Nina Ivanivna (1941)




Information

Themes and Motifs:

Family relations


Genre:

Songs of private and everyday family life




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos
Myroslava Vertiuk
Olena Goncharenko


Descriptors:

Olga Karapata


Date of collecting:

2018-10-01



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