Verbovaya Doshchechka

The Willow Board (Ukrainian: Вербова дощечка, romanized: Verbova doshchechka) is a Ukrainian folk song that is traditionally sung during an ancient traditional Ukrainian spring game called the Willow Board also known under many other alternative Ukrainian names such as Noise (Шум, Shum), via Bridges (Мостами, Mostamy), Bug (Жук, Zhuk or Жучок, Zhuchok), Goalkeeper (Воротар, Vorotar) etc.^[1][2]

The song became newly popular in Ukraine in the late 1960s through the 1965 rendition of the song by Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk as used in the soundtrack of Sergei Parajanov's film in Ukrainian Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.

The song

Ukrainian	English transcription	English translation
Вербова дощечка, дощечка, Біля мого мостечка, мостечка. На все поле леліє, леліє, Звідки милий приїде, приїде? Звідки милий приїде, приїде? Що Насточці привезе, привезе? Червонії чоботи, чоботи, До ліпшої роботи, роботи. Вербова дощечка, дощечка, Біля мого мостечка, мостечка...	Verbova doščečka, doščečka, Bil'a moho mostečka, mostečka. Na vse pole lelije, lelije, Zvidky mylyj pryjide, pryjide? Zvidky milyj pryjide, pryjide? Ščo Nastočci pryveze, pryveze? Červoniji čoboty, čoboty, Do lipšoji roboty, roboty. Verbova doščečka, doščečka, Bil'a moho mostečka, mostečka...	The willowood plank, plank, Near my little bridge, bridge. On the entire field she glistens, she glistens, Where will darling come from, come from? Where will darling come from, come from? What will he bring for Nastechka, will he bring? Red boots, boots, For better work, work. The willowood plank, plank, By my little bridge, bridge...