Mav ya raz divchynonku chepurnenku,
Lyubyv ya divchynochku chepurnenku.
Pryspiv:
Hei, hei, (hei) u-ha-ha,
Divchyno-rybchyno moloda.
Posylav ya starostiv u nedilju.
Dumav: pohulyayemo na vesillyu.
Maly povernutysya z rushnykamy,
A to povernulysya z harbuzamy.
Vsomu suprotyvyvsya batko ridnyi,
Bo vona bohataya, a ya bidnyi.
Dumav ya vtopytysya z toyi zlosty,
Ta voda holodnaya lomyt kosty.
Shchoby vryatuvaty vid spokusy,
Pishov ya pysatysya v usususy.
Vze pro halychanochku ne dumayu,
Bo na Dniprovshchyni desyat mayu.