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Author: Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814-1861)

Тарас Григорович Шевченко

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Гайдамаки (Gajdamaki)

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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Choho meni tjazhko... (Choho meni tjazhko, choho meni nudno ) - I. Shamo
Choho meni tjazhko, choho meni nudno
I. Shamo: Choho meni tjazhko...

Duma (Prokhodjat dni... prokhodjat nochi ) - S. Rachmaninov ENG
Goj! gop, gop, gopaka GER
M. Musorgsky: Gopak

Goj-ty, Dnepr! Slushaj, Dnepr! (Text: after Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko)
M. Musorgsky: Na Dnepre

Gopak (Goj! gop, gop, gopaka ) - M. Musorgsky GER
Hoi! Hopp, hopp, hopp, Hopak! RUS
Hopak (Hoi! Hopp, hopp, hopp, Hopak! ) RUS
I zolotoji i dorohoji (I zolotoji i dorohoji ) - K. Stetsenko, D. Sichyns'kyj
I zolotoji i dorohoji
K. Stetsenko, D. Sichyns'kyj: I zolotoji i dorohoji

Ja li v pole da ne travushka byla (Ja li v pole da ne travushka byla ) - P. Tchaikovsky
Ja li v pole da ne travushka byla
P. Tchaikovsky: Ja li v pole da ne travushka byla

Ja ne nezduzhaju... (Ja ne nezduzhaju, nivroku ) - J. Cegljar
Ja ne nezduzhaju, nivroku
J. Cegljar: Ja ne nezduzhaju...

Jak umru, to poxovajte
K. Stetsenko, H. Hladky: Zapovit

Na Dnepre (Goj-ty, Dnepr! Slushaj, Dnepr! ) - M. Musorgsky (Text: after Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko)
Oj Dnipre mij, Dnipre, shyrokyj ta duzhyj! (from Гайдамаки (Gajdamaki)) RUS
Oj hop, hopaka! (from Гайдамаки (Gajdamaki)) RUS
I. Shamo: Oj hop-hopaka

Oj hop-hopaka (Oj hop, hopaka! ) (from Гайдамаки (Gajdamaki)) - I. Shamo RUS
Oj u haju, haju... (Oj u haju, haju ta j vitru nemaje) - I. Shamo
Oj u haju, haju ta j vitru nemaje
I. Shamo: Oj u haju, haju...

Plavaj, plavaj, lebedon'ko (Plavaj, plavaj, lebedon'ko ) - K. Stetsenko
Plavaj, plavaj, lebedon'ko
K. Stetsenko: Plavaj, plavaj, lebedon'ko

Poljubila ja na pechal' svoju (Poljubila ja/ na pechal' svoju ) (from Pesni) - S. Rachmaninov ENG
Poljubila ja/ na pechal' svoju (from Pesni) ENG
S. Rachmaninov: Poljubila ja na pechal' svoju

Prokhodjat dni... prokhodjat nochi ENG
S. Rachmaninov: Duma

Sonce zaxodyt' (Sonce zaxodyt', hory chornijut') - K. Stetsenko
Sonce zaxodyt', hory chornijut'
K. Stetsenko: Sonce zaxodyt'

V ogorode, vozle brodu (V ogorode, vozle brodu) - P. Tchaikovsky
V ogorode, vozle brodu
P. Tchaikovsky: V ogorode, vozle brodu

Vecher (Vishnevyj sadik vozle khaty) - P. Tchaikovsky
Vishnevyj sadik vozle khaty
P. Tchaikovsky: Vecher

Zacvila v dolyni... (Zacvila v dolyni ) - I. Shamo
Zacvila v dolyni
I. Shamo: Zacvila v dolyni...

Zapovit (Jak umru, to poxovajte ) - K. Stetsenko, H. Hladky