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Letila zozulia, na berezhku sila

Iskivtsi (Poltavs'ka oblast)


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Letila zozulia, na berezhku sila,
Na berezhku sila ta y stala kuvat.

Ta na berezhku sila ta y stala kuvaty:
– Ne chut moho myloho, oi ne chut, ne vydat.

Ta ne chut moho myloho, ta ne chut, ne vydaty,
Yak pidu v lisochok, oi dva slidochky znat.

Sho pervyi slidochok – a konia voronoho,
A druhyi slidochok – oi parnia molodoho.

Ta pidu v lisochok, ta y zorvu lystochok,
A y pozastylaiu zhe oi myloho slidochok.

Ta shchob rosa ne vpala, a ptashky ne khodyly,
A moho y mylenkoho zhe oi krashchi ne liubyly.

Ta y odna poliubyla, ta y prycharuvala,
Ne solonu y rybku oi vecheriaty dala.

– Oi vecheriai, kozache, ta y ne sumnivaisia,
Yak ne maiesh zhinky, to so mnoiu y zostansia.

– Oi maiu ya zhinku ta y shche ditochok dvoie,
Shche y ditochok dvoie, oi chorniavi oboie.

Ta ne tak taia zhinka, yak ti dvi dytyny,
Rozryvaiut sertse oi na dvi polovyny.

Oi teper zhe ya, brattia, ta y durakom ostavsia,
Na chuzhii storontsi oi pro zhinku pryznavsia.





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Location

Variations

Birthplace of the Performers



Performers

Halychenko Vira Panasivna (1937)
Mishchenko Varvara Vasylivna (1948)
Moroz Hanna Panasivna (1933)
Mykytenko Olʹha Mykhaylivna (1955)
Symonenko Nataliya (1985)
Synʹko Antonina Panasivna (1928)




Information

Themes and Motifs:

Love
Matrimonial relations
Departure
Charms


Genre:

Songs of private and everyday family life




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos


Descriptors:

Natalka Khomenko


Date of collecting:

2016-05-14



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