Oy hore tiy chayci, oy hore, nebozi,
Shcho vyvela chayenyatok pry bytiy dorozi.

A chayechka v’yet'sya, ob dorizku b’yet'sya,
K syroy zemli prypadaye, chumakiv blahaye:

"Oy vy, chumachenky, vy shche y molodenki,
Vernit' moyich chayenyatok, ditochok malenkych!"

"Ne vernemo, chayko, ne vernem, neboho,
Bo zabravshy chayenyatok poletysh ty v pole!"

"Ne budu letity, budu tut sydity,
Budu voliv pohanyaty, ditok vyhlyadaty."

"Oy chayechko nasha, nepravdonka vasha –
Povaryly chayenyatok, dobra bula kasha!"

"Boday, chumachenky u Krym ne schodyly,
Yak vy moyich chayenyatok v kashi povaryly!"