Oi ty, staryi didu, chomu sy ne zenysh

Oi ty, staryi didu, chomu sy ne zenysh,

Pryspiv:
Hai du, rudaidu, chomu sy ne zenysh?

Staroyi ne hochu, moloda ne pide,
Chot moloda pide, yistochky ne zvaryt,
Oi yak zvaryt yisty, ta ne shoche sisty,
A hot syade yisty, ta ne podyvytsya,
A hot podyvytsya, postil ne postelyt,
A hot i postelyt, spatonky ne lyaze,
Chot spatonky lyaze, to ne obernetsya,
A hot obernetsya, to ne pociluye,
A hot pociluye, to na zemlju pljune.