Songs of Ukraina

About this eBook

Author

Livesay, Florence Randal, 1874-1953

Title

Songs of Ukraina, with Ruthenian poems

Original Publication

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1916.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Charlene Taylor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature

Subject

Folk songs, Ukrainian -- Translations into English

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72903

Release Date

February 8, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SONGS of UKRAINA WITH RUTHENIAN POEMS
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.SONGS OF UKRAINA
4. 4.NOTE BY TRANSLATOR
5. 5.PAGAN SONGS [1] — KUPALO [2] — SONG TO VESNIANKA (SPRING) — VESNIANKA—CHILDREN’S SONG — HYEEVKA—SONG OF THE WOODS
6. 6.WEDDING SONG CYCLE — THE WEDDING OF MARUSENKA — I WOROTA—THE GATES — II — III — IV THE COMING OF MEESCHANI ON SUNDAY TO THE WEDDING — V CEREMONY OF THE WREATH-WEAVING — VI THE WREATH — VII BAKING THE KOROVAI [10] — VIII — IX PUTTING ON THE PEREMITKA — X SONG OF THE BRIDEGROOM’S FRIENDS — XI DEPARTURE — XII THE MOTHER — XIII
7. 7.WEDDING SONGS — SONG OF DEPARTURE: A BRIDE OF BUKOVINA — UNPLAITING THE HAIR [14] — THE BRIDE’S SONG — THE BRIDE — THE DAY BEFORE THE WEDDING
8. 8.HISTORICAL SONGS — PAN [15] KANOVSKY—SONG OF FEUDALISM — MARUSYA BOHUSLAVKA ( Duma ) — AKHMET III. AND THE ZAPOROGIANS — BEFORE POLTAVA — TIME OF TARTAR INVASION [22] — THE SONG OF BIDA [23]
9. 9.COSSACK SONGS — COSSACK MARCHING SONG — CHARGE OF THE COSSACKS — THE YOUNG RECRUITS — MOTHER AND SON — THE CAPTIVES — COSSACK MARCHING SONG — SONG OF VICTORY—1648 — IN TURKISH CAPTIVITY — LAMENT FOR MOROZENKO
10. 10.ROBBER SONGS — THE DEATH OF DOBUSH [33] — SONG OF THE OPRISHKI [39] —(OUTLAWS) — THE HAIDAMAKY—“KNIGHTS OF VENGEANCE” — SONG OF KARMELŪK
11. 11.TCHUMAK SONGS — KHUSTINA—THE BETROTHAL KERCHIEF [44] — THE PENNILESS TCHUMAK
12. 12.RHYTHMS — MOTHER AND DAUGHTER — BURIAL OF THE SOLDIER — THE DRUNKARD — SONG OF THE ORPHAN — THE GIFT OF A RING
13. 13.FOLK SONGS — “MY FIELD, MY FIELD” — SONG OF THE COSSACK — SONG — ORPHAN SONG—THE MOTHER — SONG OF UNHAPPY WOMAN — A GIRL’S SONG — OLD FOLK SONG — THE DAUGHTER OF THE WITCH — SONG OF VDOVÀ—(THE WIDOW) — THE TWO LOVERS — SONG—THE BROKEN ENGAGEMENT — THE DISTANT SWEETHEART — THE ENCHANTRESS — THE DYING SOLDIER — THE ORPHAN’S WEDDING — MOONLIGHT [57] — ON THE STEPPES — IN THE GARDEN BESIDE THE WATER — UNREQUITED LOVE — THE OAK — NIGHT ON THE ROAD — SONG OF THE DANCE — PIGEONS—THE LOVERS — SONG FROM AN OPERA — THE MAID TO HER LAGGARD LOVER — THE TRAMP AT THE INN — LITTLE PETRUS — SONGS OF THE POPPY HARVEST — BALLAD — “GIRL O’ MINE” — YAKIMY—OLD FOLK SONG — AN OLD FOLK SONG — BALLAD — THE KALINA—OLD FOLK SONG — AN OLD FOLK SONG — IN THE FIELDS GROWS THE RYE — AN OLD BALLAD — “KAZHUT LUDY, SHO YA LIKHA” — BY DUNAI’S [64] WATERS — “I WAS BORN IN A FATED HOUR” — THE SONG OF THE VISITS — “WASYLKI” [67] —SONG OF THE DANCE — KALINA—THE CRANBERRY
14. 14.OTHER POEMS — THOUGHTS FROM A PRISON — TOPOLIA—THE POPLAR — SONG FROM EXILE — THE RING
15. 15.POEMS BY FEDKOVICH [72] — WHERE LUCK LIES — THE FLUTE — TWO ETCHINGS — I. Holy Eve — II. In Church — THE RECRUIT — THE HANDKERCHIEF — BEFORE KASTENEDOLA — TO M. D.
16. 16.UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM

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