My do Odesy vranci pidiyshly,
Ale Odesa ne pryimala,
I ne kazala pryime nas koly,
A my chekaly i chekaly.

Pryspiv:
Pid namy paluba chytalasya,
A my na palubi stoyaly,
A my z toboyu ciluvalysya,
Ta tilky chvylya zavazala. (ves' kuplet – 2)

My vchora buly v Mykolayevi,
Nam zavtra buty u Chersoni,
Popavsya ya v polon ochey tvoyich,
Ya u Odesy u poloni.

Pryspiv

Nam raptom sonce usmichnulosya,
My shvartuvatysya pochaly,
My do Odesy pryhornulysya,
Vitannya chayky nam krychaly.

Pryspiv

Ta tilky chvylya zavazala... (2)