Buly v mene kury, ach kury-cokotury.
Yak by meni cholovika moyeyi natury.

Shchob horilku ne pyv, tabaku ne nyuchav,
Chuzych zinok ne lyubyv, dobre mene sluchav.

Oy day meni, Boze, vechira dizdaty.
To b pishla ya do kumy novostiy uznaty.

Yak pryishla ya do kumy, stala pyd stinoyu,
A miy mylyi, chornobryvyi vorkuye z kumoyu.

Stoyala, stoyala ta y ya ne sterpila,
Pyd vikonce pidiyshla, shybochku rozbyla.

Yak pryishla ya dodomu, zrazu y zachvorila,
Bilenkoyu kosynoyu holovu nakryla.

Pryishov mylyi dodomu: – Koly zachvorila?
Ce shche y vchora izvechora shybochka letila.

Oy day meni, Boze, utrichka dizdaty,
To b pishla b ya do kumy novosti y uznaty.

Yak pryishla ya do kumy – vona shche y ne vmyta.
– Oy choho z ce, kuma, shybochka rozbyta?

– Bula v mene kurka, taka polychlyva,
Zaletila u chatynu, shybochku rozbyla.

– Budut' tebe, kuma, shche y kury klyuvaty,
Yak ty budesh, kuma, kuma prynimaty.

Kury z moyi, kury, ach kury-cokotury.
Yak by meni cholovika moyeyi natury.