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Oi letela zozuleika

Krychyl's'k (Rivnens'ka oblast)


Lyrics

Oy lyetyela zozulyeyka cherez krutu horu,
/ Ne vybrala pshenichen'ku, vybrala polo[vu]. / 2

Oy nashcho mnye ta polova, yak zerna nemaye,
/ Oy nashcho mnye ta rodina,* materi nema[ye]? / 2

V usyekh mamy, v usyekh mamy, a ya bat'ka mayu,
/ Syem' raz vody prynosyla z tykhoho Duna[yu]. / 2

Syem' raz vody prynosila, v vos'myy napylasa,
/ Yakby zh meni rudna mati, ya y ne zhuryla[sa b]. / 2

Oy poydu ya na tu horu, da y stanu hukati:
/ – Ustan', ustan', moya mati, kosu rozchesa[ti]. / 2

– Idi, donyu, dodomoyku, vary vecherati,
/ A ya pryydu (y) povecherat', kosu rozchesa[ti]. / 2

Uzhe taya vecheroyka davno zvarylasa,
/ Zhdala-zhdala dochka (y) mamu – ta y zazhuryla[sa]. / 2





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Location

Variations

Birthplace of the Performers



Performers

Borodavko Galyna Stepanivna (1946)
Kulish Anastasiia Illivna (1937)
Shabak Uliana Ivanivna (1934)
Terebynska Olha Sylvestrivna (1937)




Information

Themes and Motifs:

Orphanhood


Genre:

Songs of private and everyday family life




Participants

Collectors:

Both Miklos
Yuriy Rybak


Descriptors:

Hanna Pelina


Date of collecting:

2018-06-07



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