[grc] 5/24 - Song for Ukraine

[Sharon Scott]

Has it only been, three months?  Feels like eternity.  On Tuesday, May 
24, College and Community radio stations across the country will 
recognize these three months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine by 
playing a song in unison at 7 PM Eastern Time.

This month's song was selected by Bogdan Bolkhovetsky, General Manager 
of Kraina FM "National Resistance Radio" in Ukraine especially for this 
Broadcast.  Anne Levine of Pacifica Affiliate WOMR has been working with 
Kraina FM to record interviews with key people in Ukraine and bring them 
to an American Audience.  Her interviews can be found on Audioport under 
the program title "Ukraine 2 4 2"


IN THE MEADOW, A RED KALYNA - 🇺🇦 ARMY REMIX
Andriy Khlyvnyuk x The Kiffness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu8m5FA2nL8


Song available on Bandcamp for $1 .... all proceeds benefit humanitarian 
aid for the Ukrainian Armed Forces
https://thekiffness.bandcamp.com/track/the-kiffness-x-boombox-oy-u-luzi-chervona-kalyna-army-remix



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FROM RADIO KRAINA:

The song is called
"In the Meadow, a Red Kalyna (high bush cranberry)"

It is a very old folksong that has been redone
In case you want them here are the lyrics:

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In the meadow, a red kalyna
In the meadow, there a red kalyna, has bent down low ,
For some reason, our glorious Ukraine, has been worried so.
And we'll take that red kalyna and we will raise it up,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!
And we'll take that red kalyna and we will raise it up,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!

Do not bend low, Oh red kalyna, You have a white flower.
Do not worry, glorious Ukraine, You have a free people.
And we'll take that red kalyna and will raise it up,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!
And we'll take that red kalyna and will raise it up,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!

Marching forward, our fellow volunteers, into a bloody fray,
For to free, our brother - Ukrainians, from hostile chains.
And we, our brother - Ukrainians, we will then liberate,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!
And we, our brother - Ukrainians, we will then liberate,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!

Oh in the field, of early spring wheat, there's a golden furrow,
Then began, the Ukrainian riflemen to, engage the enemy,
And we'll take, that precious, early wheat and will gather it,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!
And we'll take, that precious, early wheat and will gather it,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!

When the stormy winds blow forth from the wide steppes,
They will glorify, through out Ukraine, the Sich riflemen.
And we'll take the glory of the riflemen preserving it,27
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!
And we'll take the glory of the riflemen preserving it,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!