Ukrainian Folk Tale Read by: Honored Artist of Ukraine Mykhailo Voichuk Once upon a time, there lived a man and a woman with two sons and a daughter. One day, the father sent his sons to plow the field.“Who’ll bring us lunch?” they asked.“Your...
Ukrainian Folk Tale Read by: Kateryna Artemenko, actress at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater Once upon a time, there lived a Cat and a Rooster. The Cat would play his fiddle, and the Rooster would sing cheerful songs. When the Cat...
Ukrainian Folk Song Sung by: Kateryna Artemenko, artist of the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater Why didn’t you comewhen the moon had risen?I waited for you so long.Did you have no horse,did you lose the way,or did your mother keep you...
Ukrainian Folk Tale Read by: Kateryna Artemenko, actress at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater Once upon a time, two neighbors lived side by side — one rich, the other poor.The rich man owned four cows, while the poor man had only one...
Ukrainian Folk Ballad Performed by: Kateryna Artemenko, artist of the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater “Oh, will you, my dear, long for mewhen I go away to serve in the army?” When her beloved rode beyond the new gates,the girl...
Ukrainian folk songs Sung by: Kateryna Artemenko, artist of the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater There’s no dance in all the world like the kolomyika —It pulls the soul straight out of my heart.When I play, when I sing, my sorrow fades...
Ukrainian Folk Tale Read by: Honored Artist of Ukraine Mykhailo Voichuk Once there was a nobleman who loved stories — the more unbelievable, the better.In the same village lived a man named Ivan, who knew plenty of tales. So the nobleman sent for...
A Ukrainian folk tale Read by: Honored Artist of Ukraine Mykhailo Voichuk Once upon a time there lived two brothers. One was rich; the other was so poor that words can scarcely describe it. The poor one died, leaving behind a son — and the boy grew...
Ukrainian folk song from the Sich Riflemen tradition Read by: Honored Artist of Ukraine Mykhailo Voichuk Our youth is ready Riding forth to proud Kyiv town.Chorus: Come, brothers, rise — we’ll stand and fight,For Ukraine, for our homeland...
A Ukrainian Folk Tale Read by: Honored Artist of Ukraine Mykhailo Voichuk It happened long ago, in those distant times when common folk were conscripted into the army.A man would go to serve young, and return home old and gray. In one village, a...
Ukrainian Folk Duma Read by: Honored Artist of Ukraine Mykhailo Voichuk Oh, old Khmelnytsky’s head grew sorrowful and troubled,For around him there were neither centurions nor colonels;Only Ivan Luhovsky remained with him —The military scribe,A...
Ukrainian shchedrivka (New Year’s carol) Read by: Honored Artist of Ukraine Mykhailo Voichuk Hey there, good master of the house,Your yard is like paradise itself!You have sleek grey oxen,Golden ploughs that shine,Courtyards built of cedar wood,And...