singing

58 (a) se sobèra momìčetata i če pèja i zèma ə čimšìri

the unmarried girls get together and sing, and take boxwood staffs.

88 (a) po predì kòlko godìni bèše tùka pèexme i igràeme i č ìdeme

some years back. There we sang and danced, and we’d go –

66 (a) pa kà si zapojàše i kùm i pòp ta si pojàše

and when singing began, godfather and priest sang [together].

68 (a) jèdoše si pìše si i si pojàše i detè si kṛstìmo

They ate and drank and sang – and we christened our child.

8 (a) merəklìjə b’àhə mnògu zə m’èn’ə às mnògu p’èeh

They were very solicitous for me. I sang a lot,

9 (a) mnògu sa ràdvəə t’èe tòj utìdi vujnìk às trì gudìni

and they were very happy. [My husband] was in the military, and for three years

166 (a) pèjət pèsni stəruvrèmcki pèsni pèjət

They sing old-time songs. They sing songs.

167 (b) è stərovrèmcki

Old-time [songs]

81 (GK) pèət i pìet

[Ah,] they sing and drink.

63 (a) st saberɔ̀t mòmᵚɨ da pajɔ̀t

[And then] they gather together – the maidens, in order to sing.

65 (a) mòmečeta mòmᵚɨ galèmkᵚi mòmi màlkᵚi pajɔ̀t i predɔ̀t i aràpkata var'ɔ̀t

Little girls. Older maidens, younger maidens – sing and spin, and boil the corn.

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