U dolyni selo ležyt',
[Ponad]1 selom tuman dryžyt',
A na horbi kraj sela
Stoït' kuznja nemala,

A v tij kuzni koval' kleple,
A v kovalja serce teple,
A vin kleple ta j spiva,
Vsich do kuzni izzyva:

“Chodit', ljudy, z chat, iz polja!
Tut kujet'sja krašča dolja.
Chodit', ljudy, poranu,
Vybyvajtes' z tumanu!”

Ta tumany chytajut'sja,
[Ponad]2 selom zhuščajut'sja,
[Rozljahlysja]3 po poljach,
Ščob zat'myty ljudjam šljach.

Ščob zakryty ïm stežyny
Ti, ščo vhoru jdut' z dolyny
V tuju kuznju, de kujut'
Jasnu zbroju zamist' put.

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¹ Lyudkevych: "Над"
² Lyudkevych: "I над"
³ Lyudkevych: "Залягають"

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Text Authorship:

• by Ivan Yakovych Franko (1856 - 1916), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Stanyslav Pylypovych Lyudkevych (1879 - 1979), "Коваль" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Fedyr Mikolayovych Nadenenko (1902 - 1963), "У долині село лежить" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Yakiv Stepanovich Stepovyi (1883 - 1921), "У долині село лежить" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Kyrylo Hryhorovych Stetsenko (1882 - 1922), "Коваль", 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov (1872 - 1964), "Кузня", op. 50 (Три поезii I. Франка) no. 2, published 1930 [ voice and piano ], Харьков : Держ. вид-во Украiни [sung text not yet checked]

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