Oy ty, staryi didu, chomu sya ne zenysh?

Pryspiv:
Rum tay dida, didayda, chomu sya ne zenysh?

Staroyi ne chochu, moloda ne pide.
Yak moloda pide, to yisty ne zvaryt',
A yak yisty zvaryt', to v mysku ne vliye,
A yak v mysku vliye, na stil ne polozyt',
Yak na stil polozyt', to lyzky ne podast',
A yak lyzku podast', to zo mnov ne syade,
A yak zo mnov syade, to yisty ne bude,
A yak bude yisty, to zo mnov ne lyaze,
A yak zo mnov lyaze, to sya ne oberne,
A yak sya oberne, to ne pociluye,
A yak pociluye, to na zemlyu splyune:
– A v tebe, didyshche, holova-makitra,
A v tebe, didunyu, ochi, yak cybuli,
A v tebe, didunyu, boroda capacha,
A v tebe, didunyu, ruky medvedyachi,
A v tebe, didunyu, nohy – vovchi lapy,
Oy pishov didyshche ta y na yarmaryshche,
A kupyv didyshche dovhyi nahayishche,
Yak zachav didyshche y babu oplitaty,
Yak zachala baba po rukach ciluvaty:
– Ya v tebe, didunyu, holovka-makivka,
Ya v tebe, didunyu, boroda zolota,
Ya v tebe, didunyu, ruchenky malenki,
Oy a ty, didunyu, a sam hospodars'kyi.