Petrivochka, temna nichka,
Za tumanom plyne richka.
Tuman yarom, po dolyni,
Shyrokyi lyst na kalyni.
A shche shyrshyi na dubochku,
Klyche holub holubochku.
– Idy, hulju, pociluyu,
A to zavtra ya zmandruyu.
– Oi yak budesh mandruvaty,
Pyshy pisma, davai znaty.
Pyshy pisma, davai znaty,
Vidkil tebe vyhlyadaty.
Chy z horoda, chy z Luchyci,
Chy z Arshavy, z Hrebovyci.
Ishla divka z Hrebovyci,
Yihav kozak z kosovyci.
– Oi zdorovo, chornobrovo,
Kudy lezyt shlyah-doroha?
– Chornobrova ne buvala,
Z chornobrovym ya hulyala.
Ya hulyala vsyu Petrivku,
Davai hroshei na horilku.
Ya hulyala vsi m’yasnyci,
Davai hroshei na kyslyci.
Ya kyslyci pozuvala,
Na parubka napljuvala.