Записано Іваном Синельниковим. Житомирська обл., Чуднівський район, с. Російські Пилипи.
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Noted down by Ivan Synelnykov. Zhytomyr re- gion, Chudnivskiy district, village Rosiyski Pylypy
lyrics
Ой ішов чумак з Дону, (2)
Як із Дону до дому.
Ой як з Дону до дому (2)
Та й сів над водою.
Та й і сів над водою, (2)
Та й проклинає ж свою долю.
Ох доле ж моя доле, (2)
Да чом ти не такая?
Ох да чом ти не такая, (2)
Ох як доля людськая?
А я чужу долю да сім раз поцілую
Да долю хорошую.
Ой а я свою долю поб’ю-порубаю
Да в річку побрасаю.
Ой пливи, моя ж доле, пливи за водою, Ох а я за тобою.
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Oh Chumak was coming from the Don, (2)
As from the Don to his home.
As from the Don to his home, (2)
And sat over the water.
And sat over the water, (2)
And curses his fate.
Oh fate, my fate,
Why you are not like?
Why you are not like, (2)
Like fates of the people?
And I will kiss someone’s else fate for seven times Someone’s good fate.
Oh and I will cut and kick my fate
And throw it into the river.
Oh swim, my fate, swim adri ,
Oh and I’ll swim a er you.
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Dearest Arooj, firstly thank you. My brother died this year n what can be said about such loss n sadness. I saw n heard you at The end of the Road in England. I spent many years in India n love all the music, poetry of your heritage. Thankyou Arooj❤️ ben1769
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