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Ia S'ohodni Vid Vas Vidyizhdzhaiu (Today I Leave For Battle)

Kobzari
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Ia S'ohodni Vid Vas Vidyizhdzhaiu (Today I Leave For Battle)
This is a ballad of the last farewell of a Cossack who is preparing to depart for battle, leaving behind a grieving mother and girlfriend. (Source: Kobzari Ukrainian Folk Ensemble. cp1976. Monitor Records. MFS 779. Liner notes.)