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Okh, kahda mnie bylo liet shesnadtsat

Dniprovs'ke (Chernihivs'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Okh, kahda mnie bylo liet shesnadtsat,
To ya y ne znala nechaho.

To ya y ne znala nechavo.
Okh, nastupylo vasiemnadtsat –
To ya vliubylas v adnoho.

To ya vliubylas v adnoho.
Oi paliubyla stan vysokoi,
Da shche pakhodachku yoho.

Da shche pakhodochku yoho.
Okh, ya y nadienu biele plattia,
Da y za Dunai huliat paidu.

Da y za Dunai huliat paidu.
Oi za Dunaiem, za riekoiu,
Ta y hrud na vodu palazhu.

Oi hrud na vodu palazhu.
Oi palazhyla hrud na vodu,
Da y stala zhe dievka patapat.

Da y stala dievka patapat.
Oi de tse vziavse kazachenko,
Da y stav dievchonku vhavariat.

Ta y stav dievchonku vhavariat:
– Oi ne tapysia zhe, diievchynonka,
Bo ya y zadumav tebe brat.

To ya zadumav tebe brat.
– Okh, ne bulo zh toho, ne bude,
Oi shob bahatoi biiednu brav.

Oi shob bahatyi biiednu brav.
I v tebe batko, v tebe zhe maty,
Oi v tebe sostry, shche y braty.

Oi v tebe sostry, shche y braty.
Oi ne pazvolyt tabie zhe braty,
Oi mene, kruhloi syraty.





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Location

Birthplace of the Performers



Performers

Herashchenko Halyna Ivanivna (1936)
Novyk Nina Ivanivna (1951)
Vlasenko Oksana Denysivna (1936)




Information

Themes and Motifs:

Unfortunate love
Drowning
Suicide


Genre:

Songs of private and everyday family life




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos
Illya Fetysov
Susanna Karpenko


Descriptors:

Illya Fetysov


Date of collecting:

2017-05-08



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