Nedobraya hodynonka bula,
Yak matusya svoho syna byla,
A syn nenci pokoryvsya,
U nizenky uklonyvsya,
Za shcho z mene moya maty byla?
Yake budesh ty mene, maty, byty,
To pidu ya na chuzynu zyty,
A pidu ya na chuzynu,
Tam ya ze, molod, ne zahynu,
A ya molod, paren ne zonatyi!
Oi, vernysya, mii synu, vernysya,
V holubyi zupan odyahnysya,
Nehai ya podyvljusya,
Slizonkamy umyyusya,
Chy ye krashche kozak na Vkrayini?
Vyhodyla vsi tomni luzechky,
Vytoptala kruti berezechky,
Ta ne naishla syna svoho,
Tilky naishla slidok ioho,
De dytyna ridna pohodyla.
Oi zorvu ya klenovoi lystochok,
Ta nakryyu synovoi slidochok,
Shchoby ptashky ne litaly,
Shchob zozuli ne kuvaly,
Synovoho slidu ne toptaly!
Oryeshok
A charochka yak kotok
Viter z polya
Chohos meni ta i drimayetsya
Yihaly cyhany
Oi u yaru krynycya
Oi u poli zyto
Rozkudryavchyk
Oi halochky-chubarochky
Moryacka
Oi p’ye chumak, p’ye
Nedobraya hodynonka
Kosari kosyat
Ta hodyv chumak
Dumai-dumai
Oi tuman yarom
Oi rozvyvaisya, suhyi dube
Barvinochok
Oi ne hmarytsya, ne hodynytsya
Lyubystochok
Ponad nashym yarom
Orol