Oi bida, bida

Oi bida, bida (2)
Tii vdovyci-nebozi,
Shcho yiyi hata (2)
Blyzenko pry dorozi.

Chto tam nadiide, (2)
Vse o vdovi richuye:
– Z kym bidna vdova, (2)
Temnu nichku nochuye?

Nochuye vdova (2)
Z dribnymy ditochkamy,
A ljudy kazut, (2)
Shcho p’ye z parubkamy.

– Oi bida z meni, (2)
Vorozenky, z vamy:
Sama ne znayu, (2)
Yak vyity miz ljudyamy.

Oi vyidu bilo, (2)
To kazut – hahuyetsya!
Oi vyidu chorno, (2)
To kazut – linuyetsya!

Oi vyishla vdova (2)
Bilenka, yak bereza,
A ljudy kazut, (2)
Shcho p’yana, netvereza.

Oi vyishla vdova v zurbi velykii,
Na vorotyah sya sperla,
A ljudy kazut, (2)
Shcho z horivky vmerla.

Oi yak bahach p’ye, (2)
To kazut: rozbolivsya.
Bidnyi zahvoriv – (2)
Hovoryat, shcho napyvsya.