SHCHEDRIK

1st choir:
Shchedrik, shchedrik, shchedrivochka
A swallow flew in
And started to sing
Calling out the head of the house
Come out, come out, head of the house
Come look on your homestead
Over there the ewes have rolled
And the lambs are newly born.

2nd choir:
Your animals are all well-fed
You will receive much money.
Your wife is good-looking
If you get no money then you'll have chaff
But your wife is good-looking.

Shchedrik, shchedrik, shchedrivochka
A swallow fley in
And started to sing
Calling out the head of the house
Come look on your homestead
Over there the ewes have rolled
And the lambs are newly born.

2nd choir:
Your animals are well fed
You will receive much money.
Your wife is good-looking
If you get no money then you'll have chaff
Your wife is good-looking.
Shchedrik, shchedryk, shchedrivochka
In flew a swallow.

The song from which the tune for "Carol of the Bells" is taken. Music composed by Mikola Leontovich using two melodic parts sung simultaneously. First sung in 1916 by the Ukrainian Students' Choir of St. Vladimir, led by director Professor Koshetz.

Ukrainian original, with midi at: Shchdryk