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01 DURAK - Tyt i Tam
02:57
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Дурак / Durak / Madman
“My friend is called Sasha. He fritters his time away. It’s great we met! I’m not mad, but I must say, I do drink too much vodka”
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Тепер Ми Говоримо / Teper My Hovorymo / Now We’re Talking
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03 SMERT - Czeremszyna
04:12
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Смерть / Smert’ / Death
“My death came near and screamed to me: ‘don’t call the wolf from the woods. Speak of the wolf and he will appear’. Now I see my life, from beginning to end, in front of my eyes, but I’m not ready yet”
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Європа / Europa / Europe
“We are musicians and come from a faraway country. Clouds in London, sun in Barcelona and great beer in Munich! We will keep going. We don’t know what awaits us. Europe, you are not young, but we are entering a new age”
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05 TYKHA VODA - La Rissa
03:40
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Тиха Вода / Tykha Voda / Still Waters
“You are inconsistent and you have no-one, but still waters run deep. Maybe I will tell you, maybe not! Then I said ‘I couldn’t sleep a wink last night’, and you were in seventh heaven”
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06 DVA VINOCHKY - Davno
04:47
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Два Віночки / Dva Vinochky / Two Garlands
“At the bottom of a green grove a clear stream flows. A young woman sits next to it and lets go of two garlands she has made, one for her and one for her beloved Kozak who is fighting in Ukraine. She doesn’t know, but he is dead, and on his grave a guilder rose is blossoming”
The lyrics are based on the words of Yakiv Holovatskyy (1814-1888), a Ukrainian linguist, ethnographer, folklorist, historian, poet, teacher and priest.
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07 TEBE ZHDU - Soma
04:22
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Тебе Жду / Tebe Zhdu / I’m Waiting For You
“I saw her in a dream. I heard her voice at the station, and as she stepped down from the train she said ‘Don’t cry, don’t cry. Now you can live again”
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Ще Сто Грам / Shche Sto Hram / One More Drink
“Beer or wine, it’s all the same to me, or something stronger, but give me something! To health! To happiness! Give me another shot! I’ll drink one more shot, then I will sleep and dream of… another shot!’”
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Дорога / Doroha / The Road
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Ой Дiвчино / Oi Divchino / My Sweet Girl
“Ah, my sweet girl! If you sing, I will kiss you. I want to marry you and fly into the golden sun”
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11 POLITYKA - TV Smith
03:37
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Політика / Polityka / Politics
“There's no-one near except the man on the screen. I am his slave. We need the politician. He serves himself. He’s a cynic, and to me that’s treason”
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Де Є Моя Мила? / De Ye Moya Myla? / Where Is My Loved One?
“I fell in love immediately, as soon as I laid eyes on her, but she was already engaged to Ivan. I regret it. I went after her but now I am alone”
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13 SHCHE RAZ - Alan
03:28
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Ще Раз / Shche Raz / Once More
“I will never forget the land of my birth or my language. I have a wish, just one wish, to return to Ukraine. I will devote myself, body and soul to our freedom”
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Надія Пішла / Nadiya Pishla / Hope Left Us
“Hope left us, but she didn’t go far. One winter she became ill but the warm summer revived her. ‘Things will get better’, she said”
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Київський Експрес / Kyivskiy Express / Kyiv Express
“I am going to Kyiv. I am going by train. I’m in despair because there’s nothing here for me. You’re coming to the West. You’re coming by train. You think it’s better over here. We’re all looking for something because life sometimes seems empty at home”
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16 ZAVTRA - Vostok
02:55
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Завтра / Zavtra / Tomorrow
“I want to live my life with you, but I must not love you until the war is over. Pray for me, for tomorrow I will be under a foreign sky”
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Чи Знаєш Ти? / Chy Znayesh Ty? / Do You Know?
“Do you know my family? I’ve come from far away to see their village for the first time. I am told the village was destroyed and the villagers sent away to cold Siberian lands. Show me the memorial, so that I can pray for them”
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Через Рiчку Через Гай / Cherez Richku Cherez Hai / Over the River, Over the Meadow
“Over the river, over the meadow, the swallow flew. Arise, Cossacks! Let us ride together. Let us prepare ourselves quickly to defend ourselves, to fight once more”
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Діти Плачуть / Dity Plachut’ / The Children are Crying
“Son of God please walk the Earth and save Ukraine for us. When the devil’s hand has grip of Ukraine, give it strength and give it freedom”
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The Ukrainians UK
We are a mix of East and West, Passion and Power, Tenderness and Dynamism. We write our own songs, and we happily cover
classics from east and west.
We use eastern instruments like mandolins, accordions & violins, and sing in Ukrainian language, and support all of this with western rhythm.
Over 1000 gigs, 20 countries, 8 albums - and lots more to come!
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