“Shchedryk” (from Ukrainian: Щедрий вечiр, “Bountiful Evening”) is a Ukrainian shchedrivka, or New Year’s carol. Known in English as “The Little Swallow”. It was arranged by composer and teacher Mykola Leontovych in 1916, and tells a story of a swallow flying into a household to sing of wealth that...
Shchedryk shchedryk
Shchedrivochka
Pryletila lastivochka
Stala sobi shchebetaty
Hospodarya vyklykaty:
"Vyydy, vyydy, hospodaryu
Podyvysya na kosharu
Tam ovechky pokotylys'
A yahnychky narodylys'
V tebe tovar ves' khoroshyy
Budesh' maty mirku hroshey
V tebe tovar ves' khoroshyy
Budesh' maty mirku hroshey
Khoch ne hroshey, to polova:
V tebe zhinka chornobrova."
Khoch ne hroshey, to polova:
V tebe zhinka chornobrova."
Shchedryk shchedryk
Shchedrivochka
Pryletila lastivochka
Stala sobi shchebetaty
Hospodarya vyklykaty:
"Vyydy, vyydy, hospodaryu
Podyvysya na kosharu
Tam ovechky pokotylys'
A yahnychky narodylys'
V tebe tovar ves' khoroshyy
Budesh' maty mirku hroshey
V tebe tovar ves' khoroshyy
Budesh' maty mirku hroshey
Khoch ne hroshey, to polova:
V tebe zhinka chornobrova."
Khoch ne hroshey, to polova:
V tebe zhinka chornobrova."
Shchedryk shchedryk
Shchedrivochka
Pryletila lastivochka
Stala sobi shchebetaty
Hospodarya vyklykaty:
"Vyydy, vyydy, hospodaryu
Podyvysya na kosharu
Tam ovechky pokotylys'
A yahnychky narodylys'
V tebe tovar ves' khoroshyy
Budesh' maty mirku hroshey
V tebe tovar ves' khoroshyy
Budesh' maty mirku hroshey
Khoch ne hroshey, to polova:
V tebe zhinka chornobrova."
Khoch ne hroshey, to polova:
V tebe zhinka chornobrova."
Shchedryk shchedryk
Shchedrivochka
Pryletila lastivochka
The Little Swallow was written by Traditional.
The Little Swallow was produced by Katie Melua & Adam ‘Cecil’ Bartlett.
Katie Melua released The Little Swallow on Fri Oct 14 2016.