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Oi na hori sukho-sukho, a v dolyni voda

Tekucha (Cherkas'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Oi na hori sukho-sukho, a v dolyni voda,
/ Ne dai lychko tsiluvaty, divchyna moloda. / 2

Ne dai lychko tsiluvaty, ne dai krasu zvesty,
/ Ne dai svoi rusy kosy bez brata rozplesty. / 2

A pershyi brat rozplitaie, a druhyi pytaie:
/ – Oi sho zh nasha sestra ridna na sviti dumaie? / 2

– Ya dumala, i dumaiu, i dumaty budu,
/ Viddaiete za neliuba, z nym zhyty ne budu. / 2

Oi yak viddaste za liuba, to z nym zhyty budu,
/ Yak viddaste za neliuba, v zemli hnyty budu. / 2

Oi vyrvu ya z ruzhi kvitku ta y kynu na vodu,
/ Plyvy, plyvy, z ruzhi kvitka, azh do moho rodu. / 2

Plyvla, plyvla z ruzhi kvitka, na vodi ziviala,
/ Vyishla maty vodu braty ta y kvitku vpiznala. / 2

– Kvitka moia rozhevaia, choho ty ziviala,
/ Dochka moia liuba-myla, chom v tuzi stoiala? / 2





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Location

Birthplace of the Performers



Performers

Kukurudza Zinayida Anatoliyivna (1949)
Mykhaylovyn Nadiya Arsentiyivna (1956)
Polʹka Kateryna Vasylivna (1939)
Suchak Kateryna Andriyivna (1942)




Information

Themes and Motifs:

Wedding
Forced marriage
Family relations


Genre:

Songs of private and everyday family life




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos
Vasylyna Tkachuk


Descriptors:

Vasylyna Tkachuk


Date of collecting:

2017-10-14



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