Hei, viina viinoyu, uha-ha!
V sim ye Boza syla, uha-ha!
Yak ne zabye tebe hostra kulya,
To kopytom vid "farkuhni" vbye kobyla.
Abo ne dai, Boze, uha-ha!
Yak zasnesh na vozi, uha-ha!
Zletysh, vpadesh, vpadesh ta i zabyeshsya,
Vpadesh z voza ta i zabyeshsya na dorozi.
A shcho shche naihirshe, uha-ha!
Pryides pohybaty, uha-ha!
Bo ne mozna sobi toyi rady
I z zinkamy i z divkamy rady daty.
Kazut: "Hei, strilnyku, uha-ha!
Dam masla, smetany, uha-ha!
Pryidy, pryidy mene potishaty,
Yak lysh yasne sonce zhasne, nich nastane.
Oi, tak to v obozi, uha-ha!
Vik svii korotayesh, uha-ha!
Kudy pidesh, bidni molodyci,
Molodyci i vdovyci potishayesh."
Poperedu Cyapka, uha-ha!
Pid nym kin drimaye, uha-ha!
A yak hlyane, v divchat serce vyane,
A yak hlyane, serce vyane, strah zbyraye.
Poperedu Cyapka, uha-ha!
V mapu pohlyadaye, uha-ha!
Chy daleko slavna nasha kadra,
Chy daleko slavna kadra, vsih pytaye.
A pozadu sotnyk, uha-ha!
Rukamy mahaye, uha-ha!
Chy daleko slavnyi horod Kyyiv,
Chy daleko horod Kyyiv, vsih pytaye.
Oi ty, pane sotnyk, uha-ha!
Oi nema tut ladu, uha-ha!
Raz idemo prosto na Vkrayinu,
Raz idemo na Vkrayinu, raz do zadu.