I ya shcho zhe taya byedna vdovonʹka diye

Lyrics

I ya, shcho zhe taia biedna vdovonka diie?
Neorane pole – a pshenychenku zhe siie.

Oi, posiiavshy, stala vona volochyty.
Povolochyvshy, stala Boha prosyty.

– Zarody, Bozhe, tu pshenychenku v poliu,
Na liudskuiu baiku, na vdovynuiu doliu.

Oi shche vdova ta y do khaty ne pryishla,
A vzhe liudy kazhut, shcho pshenychenka ziishla.

Oi shche y vdova da na lavku ne sila,
A vzhe liudy kazhut, shcho pshenychenka spila.

Oi poshla y uvdova tu pshenytsu hliadity,
A tam vyvela perepilochka dity.

Oi, khto zabere perepilchyny dity,
Oi, toi zhe bude shtyry roky khvority.

Performers

Chekun Domynika Nykyforivna (1936)

Information

Themes and Motifs:

Widowhood

Genre:

   Kustovi /the songs accompanying the rite of leading the "kust"/

Context of performing:

Movable feasts
  Zeleni sviata, Rusal’nyi tyzhden’, Mermaid week (3 days before Trinity Sunday and 3 days after)

Participants

Collectors:

Andrii Levchenko
Both Miklos
Kateryna Kapra

Descriptors:

Illya Fetysov

Date of collecting:

2016-05-13