Christmas carols for the old New Year have long been a mandatory part of the celebration. “And what about the second holiday – St. Basil’s Day” – sung in the famous Ukrainian carol. It is on the day of this Christian patron, January 14, that the traditions of Orthodoxy and paganism merge, people remember the most ancient and beautiful rites, and in all houses, there are special ritual songs – Christmas carols.
According to the Ukrainian tradition, children, from the youngest to teenagers, and young girls usually went to give a generous New Year’s Eve.
They started knocking on the neighbors’ houses on the 13th, on Christmas Eve. On this day, the Ukrainian tradition celebrates the holiday of Malanka – she is often mentioned in Christmas carols, and the tradition of leading the “Malanka” – a disguised girl, which usually dressed a chubby guy – is still alive in many areas.
Shchedryk – Tina Karol
And the next day the celebration was supplemented by seeders or planters. In addition to ritual songs, the generous brought home at least a handful of grain, throwing it on the ground to give wealth and health to the owners. And the Christmas carols themselves are mostly dedicated to this topic – wishes of prosperity, happiness, and family comfort.
An interesting fact: Ukrainian Christmas carols were divided into children’s and adults!
Christmas carols for children – mostly songs with wishes, where often the main character is also a child. They are simpler in shape and shorter so that small generous people can easily remember them.
Among the Christmas carols for adults, there are just beautiful ritual songs that require a good memory and a beautiful voice – they were performed mainly by a choir with polyphony (a good example is the famous Christmas carol “Oh, gray cuckoo”). And also – funny, funny Christmas carols, in which often there were even mothers. Such songs with mothers in no way offended the owners of the house – on the contrary, they are about the wishes of wealth, fertility, and successful personal life in the new year. 🙂
“Lisa” has collected the most famous and, undoubtedly, the best Christmas carols in Ukrainian. In our selection, you will find sections with Christmas carols for children and adults.
The best Christmas carols for the old New Year
This section contains the most famous Ukrainian Christmas carols.
Shchedryk, Shchedryk, Shchedrivochka, Swallow
flew in,
Began to Twitter,
Call the owner:
– Come out, come out, master,
Look at the barn,
There the sheep rolled,
And the lambs were born.
You have all the good goods,
You will have a measure of money.
Though not money, then sex,
You have a black eyebrow woman.
Shchedryk, Shchedryk, Shchedrivochka, Swallow has
arrived.
***
Good evening at your house!
We came to give generously!
We wish happiness to the family,
Peace to Ukraine,
Prosperity and good luck to all
In the family understanding!
***
Generous, generous, generous, She
ran in the evening to the town.
And from the town and to the house,
On a generous evening to give generously!
Generous, generous,
Generous joy bestowed!
Generously bountiful harvest!
Fragrant loaf!
Good in the chest full of holes, a lot
of money in the accounts!
That is a bowl at you squeaked,
Silver-gold divided!
Generous crowns of happiness!
To the generous people of the hotel!
***
As we walked we wandered,
Then we met Shchedrivochka.
We came to the house with her,
so let me be generous!
Happiness, joy, prosperity,
In protection – an angel!
Let
faithful and merry friends come to the house,
Sea of laughter and love.
May everyone be healthy!
***
Good evening, good evening
I am generous to my uncle.
Give me a cake, uncle.
If you don’t give me a pie,
I’ll take the ox by the horns,
And bring it to the threshold,
I’ll twist the right horn
I’ll make an ox,
And blow the horn.
Oh, that little cuckoo is gray.
Good evening, good evening,
good health to the people!
All the gardens and flew,
Good evening, good evening,
Good health to the people!
And in one and did not happen.
Good evening, good evening,
good health to the people!
And in that garden there are three towers:
Generous evening, good evening,
Good health to good people!
In the first – the red sun,
Generous evening, good evening,
Good health to good people
In the second – a clear month,
a generous evening, a good evening,
good health to good people
And in the third – small stars,
Generous evening, good evening,
Good health to good people
Clear month – Mr. host,
Generous evening, good evening,
Good health to good people
Red sun – his wife,
Generous evening, good evening,
Good health to good people
Small stars – his children,
Generous evening, good evening,
Good health to good people
***
Oh is there, isn’t there a master at home,
Good evening, good evening, a master at home?
Oh, he is, there is, sitting at the end of the table,
Generous evening, good evening, sitting at the end of the table.
And on that table, three glasses stand,
Generous evening, good evening, three glasses stand.
From the first glass the Immaculate Virgin drinks,
Generous evening, good evening, the Immaculate Virgin drinks.
From the second cup, the Lord himself eats,
Generous evening, good evening, the Lord himself eats.
From the third glass, the master himself eats,
Generous evening, good evening, the master himself eats.
***
We give generously and sing under the window.
Happiness and good luck to the whole group.
May your golden fields bloom,
That life may be happy in the future.
Oh, master, mistress,
Let Melanochka in the house,
Melanochka walks cleanly,
Nothing in the house will hurt.
If it hurts, it will wash,
Eat, boil and cover.
Good evening!
Malanka – Picardian third
Christmas carols for children
Oh, master, mistress,
Let Melanochka in the house,
Melanochka walks cleanly,
Nothing in the house will hurt.
If it hurts, it will wash,
Eat, boil and cover.
Good evening!
***
Melanochka went,
Vasilechka asked:
– Vasilechka, my brother,
Let me in the house.
Rejoice, people,
There will be a holiday for you,
Set the tables,
Give us a cake.
***
Shchedryk bucket,
Give dumplings,
A lump of porridge, Sausage
ring,
Not only that –
Give lard,
And as I bring,
Give and sausage.
***
They came to give generously to your house.
Good evening, good evening!
Here lives the master – the ruler of wealth.
Good evening, good evening!
And his wealth is golden hands.
Good evening, good evening!
And his fun is good children.
Good evening, good evening!
***
Melanka went,
Vasilka asked:
– Vasilka, my father,
Let me in the house.
I did not reap rye, I held the
Golden Cross, the
Golden Censer,
the Silver Plate.
And you, people, take care
And give us a cake.
***
Good evening, good evening.
And to all the people for the whole evening.
He is sitting at the end of the table.
And on it a fur coat, a fur coat any.
If you don’t give me a pie, uncle, let’s take
the ox by the horns.
Where there is an ox with afoot, there is rye with a dig,
Where there is an ox with a horn, there is rye with hay.
Where there is an ox with a tail, there is a rye trust.
My mother told me to bring a piece of lard,
and my father quarreled so as not to be late for a long time.
***
Shchedryk is good,
I’m not the worst,
Give the pancake,
Which is bigger!
What a bounty,
That’s a donut,
What a bounty,
That’s a dumpling.
***
Or at home, at home, Mrs. Grandma?
What do they do,
What do they do?
And they act – they blow gold.
Gold is blown, silver is burned.
Oh, their granddaughters came to them:
“Give us, grandmother, at least a little
girl, at least a little girl, at least a little girl.”
And we will carry to the goldsmith,
We will make wreaths on heads. Shchedrik on bedrock.
Give the dumpling
Mother said.
To give lard.
My father quarreled.
Not to hesitate.
But let’s hurry, let’s
run faster.
Because short scrolls
Our calves will freeze.
***
I’m a little girl, a little
skirt.
Cork boots,
be healthy with the holiday!
***
Generous, generous,
I hear your candy.
And you, uncle, get up
and give me one.
***
Generous evening, good evening.
Give income,
Because I will throw the house on the ice,
And from the ice and into the water,
If you do not give income.
Bless you.
Christmas carols for adults in Ukrainian
Shchedryk-bucket, give a dumpling,
a jar of ivas – to never hang,
a ring of sausage – to stand to Easter,
a bottle of Cahors – to look up,
And if you do not give – it will grow to the navel!
***
Shchedrivochka spared,
Happy New Year to you.
That the pigs in you were kept,
That the chickens in you were carried,
That the cat in the house howled,
And the dog in the yard barked,
That your house had financed,
And the owner stood!
***
Happiness, joy, beauty,
a barrel of honey in your panties.
So that the eggs don’t stick together naked,
young man, that’s enough for you.
And that the fat was in the house,
Let the boars hairy
Snatch sows,
That’s enough for you!
***
Shchedryk Shchedryk I’m generous I drink
vodka with my nose
, we drunks don’t care
whether it’s vodka or wine
or champagne
or cognac
to drink to a fool!
***
Generous evening! Good evening!
Fortunately, for health, for the New Year,
To produce better than last year
Rye, wheat, all pastures,
Hemp – on the ceiling,
Shirt – on the ground,
And flax – on the knees,
So that you baptized do not have a headache,
Corn – surprisingly,
Barley – for beer,
Wheat – for a loaf,
And you, good master, Take good care of
all this,
And sugar beet,
That there was a good firstborn,
That the cow calved, The
pig nicely dusted,
Let the hen lay eggs,
A honey bee will bring,
Good luck, master, on everything!
I wish you happiness,
I wish you peace,
In the heart – love,
And in the house – good,
And that the child did not get sick!
Good luck! So as not to be lazy!
New Year’s health – Happy New Year to you!
Live in harmony! And raise children!
Blond, black, cheerful
and lively!
Do not be afraid of
this pleasant mother of gloom,
Happy New Year to you !!!
Are you generous on the old New Year? Tell us in the comments who you are going to be generous with!