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PRIMARY CLASSIFICATION Song
SECONDARY CLASSIFICATION Ritual (calendar customs)
THEME Usual
SOCIAL FUNCTION Christmas - Koleda
FORM Three-row + refrain
TEXTURE Monophonic
METER 5/16
WAY OF PERFORMANCE Solo singing
ETHNIC DATA Bulgarian
TYPE Authentic
RECORDED BY THE FOLKLORIST Todor Todorov
DATE OF RECORD 1964
PLACE OF RECORD Dyulino
ARCHIVE ITEM - NUMBER 217.3437
RECORDING MEDIA Recording tape
INFORMANT/S Nenko
INFORMANT - PLACE OF BIRTH Dyulino
COUNTY Varna
FOLK MUSIC AREA North-eastern Bulgaria
ARCHIVE ELABORATION Inventory, deciphered
TITLE / LYRICS Redom sediat otbor momtsi

Redom sediat otbor momtsi
(hey Danyo lyo, kolade le,
moy Dobro lyo, kolade le+)

redom sediat, iadat, piiat,
Bogdan yunak ne iadeshi,
ne iadeshi, ne pieshi,
toy si iska Iabrom sistra,
Iabrom sistra, shimshir porta.
Chi izlezi Iabrom yunak,
che zabouchi tunka shashka,
tunka shashka, ostra sabia,
ta sa vikna Iabrom yunak:
"Koy e yunak nad yunatsi
da preskochi tunka shashka,
tunka shashka, ostra sabia,
da preskochi, da naskochi,
toy shte vzeme moyta sistra,
moyta sistra, shimshir porta."
Ne izlizi niyde yunak,
nay izlezi Bougdan yunak,
che priskochi i nadskochi
tunka shashka y ostra sabia.
Provikna sa Iabrom yunak:
"Halal da ti moyta sistra,
moyta sistra, shimshir porta!"
I nazdrave, tebe....,
tebe peim, Boga slavim.
NOTES OF THE ARCHIVIST TT.247.1.4. /an.-op. MGP zv.op. IDK/
F: Na yunak

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