Oi hore tii chaici,
chayenci-nebozi,
shcho vyvela chayenyatok
pry bytii dorozi.
A ishly chumaky,
veselo spivaly,
ta chayechku izihnaly,
chayenyat zabraly.
A chayechka v’yetsya,
ob dorohu b’yetsya,
k syrii zemli prypadaye,
chumakiv blahaye:
"Oi vy, chumachenky,
vy dobriyi ljudy,
vernit moyih chayenyatok –
vony shche malenki!"
"Oi chayechko nasha,
ta i pravdonka vasha:
povaryly chayenyatok –
dobra bula kasha!"