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Oy kovalyu, kovalʹ-kovalenku

Harkushyntsi (Poltavs'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Oy kovalyu, kovalʹ-kovalenku,
Chom ne kuyesh zranku-poranenʹku.

Chy y u tebe zhyliza nemaye,
Chy y u tebe stali ne khvataye.

Yestʹ u mene i stalʹ, i stalyna,
Yestʹ u mene dochka Kateryna.

Yestʹ u mene dochka y Kateryna,
Vona meni zhalyu narobyla.

Vona zh meni zhalyu narobyla,
Shcho zvechora dytynu zrodyla.

Shcho zvechora dytynu zrodyla,
Do skhid sontsya do morya znosyla.

Do skhid sontsya do morya znosyla
Vona yoho v mori y utopyla.

Oy vy, vitry, vitry ta morozy,
Zametitʹ vy slidy ta dorohy.

Zametitʹ vy slidy ta dorohy,
Shchob ne znaly susidy-vorohy.

Shchob ne znaly kudy ya y khodyla,
Shchob ne znaly, shcho ya y narobyla.





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Location

Variations

Birthplace of the Performers



Performers

Afanas'yeva Nadiya Petrivna (1947)
Horbanʹ Mariya Fedorivna (1945)
Vovk Yevdokiya Ivanivna (1950)




Information

Themes and Motifs:

Murder
Love child, bastard


Genre:

Songs of private and everyday family life




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos


Descriptors:

Susanna Karpenko


Date of collecting:

2015-07-13



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