My do Odesy vranci pidiishly,
Ale Odesa ne pryimala,
I ne kazala pryime nas koly,
A my chekaly i chekaly.
Pryspiv:
Pid namy paluba hytalasya,
A my na palubi stoyaly,
A my z toboyu ciluvalysya,
Ta tilky hvylya zavazala. (ves kuplet – 2)
My vchora buly v Mykolayevi,
Nam zavtra buty u Chersoni,
Popavsya ya v polon ochei tvoyih,
Ya u Odesy u poloni.
Pryspiv
Nam raptom sonce usmihnulosya,
My shvartuvatysya pochaly,
My do Odesy pryhornulysya,
Vitannya chaiky nam krychaly.
Pryspiv
Ta tilky hvylya zavazala... (2)