24 January 2022

Music Monday: And now for something wildly different...

First, the educational part. Shum, by the Ukrainian band Go_a, was the fifth place finisher in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, and was an adapted version of a longer song that the band borrowed heavily from local springtime ritual songs to write. The adaptation was necessary both due to the length of the song and the lyrics that were taken directly from ritual songs sung in the region for thousands of years.

Secondly, this song is like a glimpse into the coming season, where things aren't so gloomy and cold, where trees are budding, and hopefully the warmer weather returns...and brings with it my allergies. So just a glimpse for now, minus the pollen. What could be better? (If you turn on the captions you can see the lyrics in English.)




Shum
by Go_A

Oh, Spring song, Spring song, where have you spent your Winter?
In the garden, sitting on a maple tree, you've been spinning a shirt
There on the edge of a forest, an owl is blowing into the water
I'll sing a song - let her hear it

[Chorus]
Shum, get twined with periwinkle
I'm singing the spring song to you
Sowing, sowing, sowing, sowing hemp plants
Sowing, sowing, sowing, sowing green ones

[Verse 2]
Come Spring, come, don't wait around
We'll go outside to love each other
Oh Spring, our miss, look in our window
We had sung our song and the sun shined on

[Chorus]
Come on, come on, let's twine the Shum
Twinе the Shum, dance it around
Sowing, sowing, sowing, sowing hemp plants
Sowing, sowing, sowing, sowing green onеs
Shum, get twined, get twined!
Shum, get spread with periwinkle
Sowing, sowing, sowing, sowing hemp plants
Sowing, sowing, sowing, sowing green ones


[Bridge]
Oh, Spring song, Spring song, where have you spent your Winter?
In the garden, sitting on a maple tree, you've been spinning a shirt
There on the edge of a forest, an owl is blowing into the water
I'll sing a song - let her hear it

[Chorus]
Shum, get twined with periwinkle
I'm singing the spring song to you
Sowing, sowing, sowing, sowing hemp plants
Sowing, sowing, sowing, sowing green ones
Come on, come on, we've made some noise
Made some noise and awoke the Spring
Sowing, sowing, sowing, sowing hemp plants
Sowing, sowing, sowing, sowing green ones

And in the original Ukrainian:
Весняночко, весняночко
Де ти зимувала?
У садочку на кленочку
Сорочечку пряла
Там у лісі, на узліссі
Сова в воду дує
Заспіваю співаночку
Нехай вона чує
Заплетися, шуме, барвіночком
Я тобі співаю весняночку
Сію, сію, сію, сію конопелечки
Сію, сію, сію, сію зеленесенькі
Прийди, прийди, весняночко
Та й не забарися
А ми вийдем на юлицю
Будем любитися
Весняночко, паняночко
Заглянь у віконце
Заспівали співаночку
Засвітило сонце
Нумо, нумо, заплетемо шума
Заплетемо, гуляти підемо
Сію, сію, сію, сію конопелечки
Сію, сію, сію, сію зеленесенькі
Заплетися, шуме, заплетися
Барвіночком, шуме, застелися
Сію, сію, сію, сію конопелечки
Сію, сію, сію, сію зеленесенькі
Весняночко, весняночко
Де ти зимувала?
У садочку на кленочку
Сорочечку пряла
Ой у лісі, на узліссі
Сова в воду дує
Заспіваю співаночку
Нехай вона чує
Заплетися, шуме, барвіночком
Я тобі співаю весняночку
Сію, сію, сію, сію конопелечки
Сію, сію, сію, сію зеленесенькі
Нумо, нумо, наробили шуму
Наробили, весну розбудили
Сію, сію, сію, сію конопелечки
Сію, сію, сію, сію зеленесенькі

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