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PRIMARY CLASSIFICATION Song
SECONDARY CLASSIFICATION Work outdoors
THEME Mythology
SOCIAL FUNCTION At harvest-time
FORM Two-row
TEXTURE Monophonic
METER Non-measured
WAY OF PERFORMANCE Solo singing
ETHNIC DATA Bulgarian
TYPE Authentic
RECORDED BY THE FOLKLORIST Nikolay Kaoufman
DATE OF RECORD 1955
PLACE OF RECORD Sofiia
ARCHIVE ITEM - NUMBER 148.1795
RECORDING MEDIA Recording tape
INFORMANT/S Zorka
INFORMANT - PLACE OF BIRTH Bobishta
COUNTY Makedonia
FOLK MUSIC AREA Bulgarian songs abroad
ARCHIVE ELABORATION Publication: article, study
TITLE / LYRICS Pousta niva nadaleko

Pousta niva nadaleko,
nadaleko, preko droumi. i-i-i/

Ka otidoh da pojuna,
da pojuna bela pchenitsa,
vezden, vezden surpo teglia,
pousta niva ne se svurshva.
Me zabole polovina,
pa si trugna da si doyda,
da izmiia rousa kosa,
zabravih si mujko dete.
Kato doydoou pod seloto,
krava rikna po teleto,
mene tekna za deteto,
pa se vurna na nivata,
du si zema mujko dete.
Tamo naydo, mayko mori,
do tri divi-samodivi -
edna si mou povoy pleti,
drougata mou pesen pee,
tretata mou kusmet pishe.
Pa si choukah beli rutsi:
"Hay vi, hay vi, samovili,
ia mi dayte mujko dete!"
Samovili otgovariat:
"Ay ottouka, kouchka mayko,
tova dete ne e tvoe!"
NOTES OF THE ARCHIVIST NK.205.2.24. /an.-op. RN i MGP zv.op. IDK/
Obr: Prepis
Bo: Pesenta e bila piata v s. Bobishta vj stoudiiata na NK.

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