A do mene Yakiv prychodyv,
Korobochku rakiv prynosyv!
A ya tiyi raky zabrala,
A Yakova z chaty prohnala.

"Idy, idy, Yakove, z chaty,
Bo na pechi bat'ko ta maty,
A v zapichku bat'kovi dity,
Nide tebe, Yakove, dity".

Ne pishov ze Yakiv dodomu,
Ta zaliz u chyzku v solomu,
A sobaky havkaty staly,
Poky bat'ko y maty ne vstaly.

Narobyly halasu dity
Tak, shcho nudno v chati sydity.
Ya zabrala raky u mysku,
Sama pishla spaty u chyzku.

Koly tudy y bat'ko prychodyat'
I u mysci raky znachodyat':
"Chto z toboyu tut zenychavsya,
I chto prynis raky? Pryznaysya!"

Poky mene bat'ko pytavsya,
A miy Yakiv z chyzky ubravsya,–
Cherez tyn ta cherez horody,
Narobyvshy bat'kovi shkody.

"Ne prychod' ze, Yakove, nichchyu,
Bo bude storoza pid pichchyu...
Mene bat'ko y maty vse layut',
A shcho tebe niyak ne piymayut'!"