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Oi zabilily snizhky

Popivka (Poltavs'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Oi zabilily snizhky,
Ta y zabilily bieli zhy
Oi po krutoi horie.

Oi po krutoi horie, da hei,
Ta zabolilo zh tilo,
Oi soldatskoie zhy bilo zhy,
Oi v chuzhoi sto..., oi storonie.

Oi v chuzhii storonie, da hei,
Ta nikhto zh ne zaplache zhy,
Oi po bielomu zhy tielu zhy,
Oi ni brat, ni oi ni sestra.

Oi ni brat, ni sestra, da hei,
Ta tilky zh toi zaplache zhy,
Oi shche y zapychalytsia zhy
Oi tovarysh virnoi.

– Oi tovarysh virnoi, da hei,
Ta tovaryshu virnyi,
Oi mii bratiku zhy ridnyi,
Oi skoro ya oi umru.

Oi skoro zh ya umru, da hei,
Ta zroby zh meni, brate zhy,
Oi virnyi tovaryshu zhy,
Oi z klen-dreva trunu.

Oi z klen-dreva trunu, da hei.
– Ta oi de zh meni, brate,
Oi virnyi tovaryshu zhy,
Oi klen-dereva vziat?

Oi klen-dereva vziat, da hei,
Oi ta budesh ty zh brate zhy,
Oi virnyi tovaryshu zhy,
U sosnovii lezhat.





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Performers

Bebykh Nina Oleksiyivna (1940)
Karpenko Anastasiya Mykytivna (1943)
Kulish Mykola Mykolayovych (1943)
Lohvyn Halyna Ivanivna (1940)
Makaretsʹ Lyubov Hryhorivna (1961)
Ponomarenko Oleksandra Pavlivna (1953)
Shevela Hanna Stepanivna (1940)
Sukhomlyn Kateryna Ivanivna (1952)
Vovk Mariya Stepanivna (1937)




Information

Themes and Motifs:

Brotherhood
Military service
Death
Disease


Genre:

Social and everyday life songs
   Soldier's song




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos


Descriptors:

Susanna Karpenko


Date of collecting:

2015-10-07



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