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Oi shcho z my budemo,
Brattya, robyty,
Shcho pishov nash batyushka
V korchmu pyty?
Vzyav sobi Kupriyana,
Hrycka, Trohyma i Dem’yana,
Maksyma i Parunyu
Ishche i Tereshka.
A vzyaly vony sobi pivkvarty
I bilshe ne hoche
Zyd nabor daty.
Vraza ioho bery maty,
Shcho ne hoche nabor daty!
Meni ljudy vynuvati,
Ta daleko ity do haty,–
Ya iomu razom zaplatyu!
Ta tam zbyralysya
Ta vse dvoryachky, –
To z ne prosti ljude –
Vse remisnychky:
To honchari, to snisari,
To vynnyky, to midnyky, to malyari
Vynokury, pyvovary, to kovali.
Kupriyan – cehmistrom
Nad solomoyu.
Bizyt Lyana Strypiyana,
Strashyt batka Kupriyana,
Bo mamunya ide.
Odyn kaze: "Bude lyho",
Druhyi kaze: "Sydim tyho",
Tretii kaze: "Ne biimosya,
Na horyshchi iskryimosya",
A Kupriyan kaze:
"Yakos tam bude".