Leontovych’s folk-inspired lyrics were the norm ... The story goes that Peter Wilhousky, a Ukrainian-American heard the song performed in Carnegie Hall and wrote the new lyrics, turning it ...

He quotes lyrics from Chervona Kalyna ... “I remember seeing it printed in a book: Ukrainian Folk Songs 1971. Also, there was another attempt to smuggle this song in one of the patriotic ...

Leontovych’s work interpreting folk songs in the 1910s quickly made ... I had to write English lyrics. I removed the Ukrainian words about “swallows” and instead focused on the cheerful ...