Текст песни Квітка Цисик - Ой ходить сон коло вікон

Oh go sleep colo vіkon ,
A drіmota - Kolo raft.
Pitaєtsya sleep drіmoti :
- A De 'll nochuvati ?

- De hatonka teplesenka ,
- De Dytyna malesenka -
Tudi pіdem nochuvati ,
i Dytyna kolisati .

Oh for a cat that vorkota ,
On the one Dytyna drіmota .
Kotick Buda vorkotati ,
Ditinonka Buda sleep.

It is believed that George Gershwin heard this song in New York by the Ukrainian National Choir under the direction of Alexander Kosice and took her motive for foundation & quot; Summertime & quot; (& quot; Porgy and Bess & quot ;, 1935).