Oi na hori dubnyachok, pid horoyu vyshnyachok,
A v vyshnyachku pohrebec, a v pohrebci bondarec
Obruchyky struze tonesenko duze.
Pryishla k iomu divchyna horoshoho rodu:
– Pomahai bih, bondaryku! Choho v tebe proshu:
Nabyi meni konovochku, shcho med-vyno noshu.
A ya darom ne shochu, ya doroho zaplachu:
Poshyyu sorochku, poshyyu druhuyu...
Shovkom shyla, shovkom shyla, zolotom rubyla –
A ya svoho chelyadyna horoshe vodyla.
Oi na hori kavuny, a v dolyni dyni;
– Bodai tvoyi kavuny ta pobyly tabuny,
Bodai tvoyi dyni ta poyily svyni!
Ya na tim mistechku posiyu pshenychku,
A ty budesh zaty, ya budu lezaty.
– Ya u batka ne zala i v tebe ne budu:
Napnesh meni holodok, ya lezaty budu!