Ameryku-yem zrayzoval,
Any centa ne zhazdoval,
Hey, any centa, any stovku,
Shykuyut nya do Nev-Yovku.

U Nev-Yorku shyf rychtuyut,
Shto nya na niy vyshykuyut,
Hey, ahenty shya dohvaryayut,
Ze shyfkartu pre nya mayut.

Yak-yem pryshol sered morya,
Shyfkapytan na nas volal:
– Hey, chlopci, chlopci, pomolte shya,
Hromy byyut, topyme shya.

Yak-yem pryshol na kray morya,
Shyfkapytan na nas volal:
– Hey, z Bohom, z Bohom, shyfo stara,
Bo ya idu uz do krayu.

Yak-yem pryshol do Berlyna,
Dal ya sobi pohar vyna,
Hey, pohar vyna chervenoho,
Az my lychko zrum’yanilo.

Yak-yem pryshol do toy Prahy,
Pytaly shya, cy-yem zdravyi.
– Hey, zdravyi, zdravyi, chvala Bohu,
Na chupasi idu domu.

Yak-yem ishol prez Koshyci,
Dal-yem vlyaty do flyashyci,
Hey, slyvovyci, terkelyci
Ta toy nashoy sharkanyci.

Yak-yem pryshol do Pryashova,
Chekala nya sestra moya:
– Hey, vytay, vytay, mylyi bratu,
Chto tobi dal na shyfkartu?

Yak-yem pryshol do valala,
Chekala nya maty stara:
– Hey, vytay, vytay, chelyadnyku,
Ty neshchasnyi vandrivnyku!