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Collccianea.

"OchI Ty pole maje, Pole bj'slroje, Ni uradzifo pole, Choc na dolu maju.

Ni uradzilo pole, Chod na dolu maju, A uradzilo pole, Kust kudrawienkij. A uradzilo pole, Kust kudrawienkij."

A pad tyni kustockoni Kon warony staid, A pad tym konikom, Kazak ubity lazyc. A pad tym konikom Kazak ubity lazyc.

Ni kazy Ty kaniu, Sto ja ubity lezou, A skazy ty kaniu, Sto ja u wojsku sluzu. A skazy ty kaniu, Sto ja u wojsku sluzu.

A skazy Ty kaniu, Sto ja u wojsku sluzu. Wystuzyu ja sabie. Da bylinoSku. Da u cystym poli, Da mahilocku."

"Oh ! field, my field. Oh ! my quick i' field ! My field has not borne Even enough for my share.**

My field has not borne Even enough for my share. For my field has borne Nothing but a thorn-bush. For my field has borne Nothing but a thorn-bush."

And under this bush

A black horse is standing.

And by this horse

A dead Cossack is lying. -

And by this bush

A dead Cossack is lying.

"Oh ! my horse, do not say That I lie here dead. But say, Oh ! my horse, That I am with the army. But say, Oh ! my horse. That I am with the army.

Oh ! say, Oh I my horse That I am \\ith the army. And that I have earned Naught but a bylitia,^^ And in the green field Naught but a grave."

No. 4. Hdzie Ty Chmiehe? (Where hast thou spent the winter?). J-ioS

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Hdzie Ty chmie-lu zi - ma - woii? Cym nie naz-wi - wou-sia?

^*The meaning of this epithet is not at all clear. It may mean that the seasons pass quickly over the face of the field, or possibly that the field brings forth quickly.

'" Not enough to supply her with food.

all its leaves, nothing but the dry stalks remaining. It is therefore used here as the symbol of fruitlessness. The Cossacks were in the habit of returning from the wars with rich spoil.
 * ^ The bylina is a plant which grows in the steppes. In the winter it loses