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Shcho vysoko sontse skhodyt

Popivka (Poltavs'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Shcho vysoko sontse skhodyt –
Nyzenko zakhodyt,
/ Shcho zhonatyi do divchyny
Shchovechora khodyt. / 2

A vin khodyt, a vin khodyt,
Bo vin yii liubyt,
/ Vona yomu, molodomu,
Druzhynoiu bude. / 2

Yak pryishov zhe vin do nei
Po pershomu razu,
/ Vona yomu nakazala:
– Ubyi zhinku zrazu. / 2

Yak pryishov zhe vin dodomu,
Ta y stav zhinku byty,
/ Vona yomu v nohy vpala
Y nachala prosyty: / 2

– Ne byi mene, mii mylenkyi,
Khoch chas, khoch hodynu,
/ Poky siadu, nahoduiu
Maluiu dytynu. / 2

– Todi budesh, moia myla,
Dytia hoduvaty,
/ Yak ya pidu do Dunaiu
Nozha poloskaty. / 2





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Location

Variations

Birthplace of the Performers



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:

Murder
Faithlessness
Adultery


Genre:

Ballads




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos


Descriptors:

Susanna Karpenko


Date of collecting:

2015-10-07



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