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Oy zarzhy, da y zarzhy, oy ty, moy kon' voronoy

Bovsuny (Zhytomyrs'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Oy zarzhy, da y zarzhy, oy ty, moy kon' voronoy,
Z-pod krutoy horon'ky.

– Oy chom ty da ne pryyshov, oy yak misyats' ziyshov,
Yak ya tebe zhdala.

Chy konya y ne mav, oy chy stezhky ne znav,
Chy mat' ne puskala?

– I konyka ya mav, oy stezhychku ya znav,
Mene mat' puskala.

Ya mensha y sestra, oy boday ne zrosla,
Sidel'tse skhovala.

– Da ne yed', moy bratok, oy da ne yed', moy lyubymyy,
Da toy ledashchytsy.

Bo vona ne vmiye, oy, ne shyt, ne byelyt,
Shche y v poli zhyto zhaty.

Da tol'ko vona vmiye, oy da tol'ko vona znaye,
V kholodochku lezhaty.





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Location

Birthplace of the Performers



Performers

Bovsunivsʹka Mariya Ipolitivna (1937)
Hurmanchuk Halyna Mykhaylivna (1952)
Nevmerzhytsʹka Mariya Petrivna (1940)
Shuba Halyna Ivanivna (1939)
Shvab Nadiya Volodymyrivna (1930)




Information

Themes and Motifs:

Love
Family relations


Genre:

Сalendar and ritual songs
   Zhnyvni /the songs accompanying the rites during harvesting/


Context of performing:

Seasons
  Summer
Seasonal work
  Harvest




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos
Igor Perevertniuk
Myroslava Vertiuk


Descriptors:

Myroslava Vertiuk


Date of collecting:

2018-05-24



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