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AJDE PUŠKA PUKNA

(Yugoslavian dance; learned from Anatol Joukowski in about 1963; transcribed and translated by myself)

Ajd' puška pukna, vredžanam, puška pukna,
    (Come shoot the gun, comrades, shoot the gun,)
Ajd' puška pukna, bre džanam, goro zelena,
    (Come shoot the gun, comrades, on the green mountain,)
Puška pukna, goro zelena.
    (Shoot the gun on the green mountain.)

Ajd' pami udri, bre džanam, vojvodata
    (The duke remembers his losses, comrades.)

Ajd' vresna pizna, bre džanam, mojte dušmani.
    (The duke cries for revenge, comrades.)

Ajd' Bogda bie, bre džanam, vojvodata
    (God will strike his enemies, comrades.)

Što me pokoj dije, bre džanam, bašvo srce o.
    (To me will come rest, comrades. for my brave heart.)

(from miriam berg's folk dance song collection)