Shchedryk (“Bountiful Evening”) is a Ukrainian shchedrivka, or New Year’s song, known in English as “The Little Swallow”. It tells the story of a swallow flying into a household to proclaim the plentiful and bountiful year that the family will have.[4] The title is derived from the Ukrainian word for “bountiful”. The song is based on a traditional folk chant whose language was thought to have magical properties. The original traditional Ukrainian text used
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