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Oi haiu, mii haiu

Harkushyntsi (Poltavs'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Oi haiu, mii haiu,
Ta hustyi, ne prohlianu,
Oi chom na tobi, haiu,
Oi lystiachka y nema[ie]?

Lystiachka y nemaie,
Ta vitrets ne kolyshe,
Oi shcho brat do sestrytsi
Oi chasto pysma pysh[e].

Shcho vin pyshe-pyshe,
Ta y u lystakh pytaie:
‒ Oi chy pryvykla, sestro,
Oi u chuzhomu kra[iu]?

‒ Khoch ya y ne pryvykla,
Ta treba y pryvykaty,
Oi ya v rozkoshi zrosla,
Oi treba horia znat[y].

Pusty zh mene, mylyi,
Ta do brodu y po vodu,
Oi do brodu y po vodu,
Oi odvidaty rod[u].

‒ Ne pushchu ya, myla,
Ta do brodu y po vodu,
Oi bo ty vse rozkazhesh
Oi pro nashu y nezghod[u].





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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:

Unfortunate fate
Matrimonial relations
Alien area


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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