Kavalyerka

U mene ye kolyeha, zovut ioho Mykola,
Razom hanyaly husy, razom hodyly v shkolu.
A, yak povyrostaly i po simnaicyat maly,
Lyshyly siri husy i za divchat si vzyaly.
Nihto pro ce ne znaye, shcho my z nym vytvoryaly:
Horilku pyly vidramy, shchonich batyaruvaly,
Divchata lyly slozy i rozpuskaly kosy,
Taka to kavalyerka, taki to buly shtosy.

Pryspiv:
Kava-kava-kavalyerka,
To horilka – faina divka!
Kava-kava-kavalyerka, hop!
Kava-kava-kavalyerka,
Vse propyly, v shtanyah dirka,
Hop, kava-kava-kavalyerka, hop!
Kava-kava-kavalyerka,
Vse propyly, v shtanyah dirka,
Hop, kava-kava-kavalyerka, hop!

Letily dni i nochi, my veselo hulyaly,
Divky buly ohochi, a my ne vidmovlyaly,
Odnoho dnya Mykolu zlapaly u stodoli,
Vin buv v odnyh shkarpetkah, divchata buly holi.
iomu "hanba" krychaly, "buhaiom" nazyvaly,
A vin niby skulptura pokazuvav naturu,
Natura v noho dyvo: zyvit, yak bochka z pyvom,
I zzadu vse obvyslo, speredu vse obvyslo.

Pryspiv

My zhaduyem i tuzym za davnimy rokamy,
Yak buly kavalyery, yak nas ljubyly damy,
V Mykoly, yak v verbljuda, z’yavylosya dva horby,
Ya stav, yak kenhuru, brakuye tilky torby.
Horivky vze ne p’yemo, bo likari svaryatsya,
A krov shche trohy tepla, divky po nocham snyatsya,
Anu, davai, Mykolo, tryahnemo starynoyu,
Zhadayem kavalyerku, rushayemo do boyu!

Pryspiv (2)